1916 World War I: Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months)
1917 British troopship SS Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 646 die.
1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatles wallpaper to US.
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured.
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