1898 David Beatty is promoted to commander.
1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal.
1916 Canadian pilot William George Barker flying over Ancre River, spots concentration of German troops massing for counter-attack on Beaumont Hamel, sends emergency Zone Call to break up German infantry apart. Barker later receives Military Cross.
1919 US Senate first invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)
1942 First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
1969 An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration across the United States.
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