1915 Final withdraw of all allied troops from Anzac Cove.
1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early, having served only nine months of five-year sentence for "Beer Hall Putsch"
1941 First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
1944 Battle of Bastogne: Germans surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
1957 Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the US Army for National Service.
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR.
1963 Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners.
1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins.
2007 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
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