1889 Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
1939 Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany.
1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen.
1951 US tanks exceed 38° of latitude in Korea.
1954 USSR offers to join NATO.
1958 US Navy forms atomic submarine division.
1958 USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same.
1972 Final day of the rum ration in the Royal Canadian Navy.
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