1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis.
1942 Adolf Hitler orders Rommel's Africa Korps to fight to the last man.
1943 RAF begins air bombing of Berlin.
1963 US President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
1968 First interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)
2005 Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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