1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's expedition is the first to each the South Pole.
1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York.
1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea.
2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad.
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