1915 Adolf Hitler receives the relatively common Iron Cross second class for bravery in World War I
1915 World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm approves the strategic bombing of London's docks.
1935 First secret demonstration of radio signals detecting aircraft by Robert Watson-Watt at Daventry, England.
1938 The first 'Kindertransport' carrying Jewish refugee children from Nazi Germany arrives in Britain.
1942 German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen escape from Brest to Germany in a dash up the English Channel.
1973 First US POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines.
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