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Old 10-06-20, 01:34 PM   #3468
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1917 Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides.

1918 US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die.

1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain.

1939 Adolf Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem.

1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"

1944 Royal Dutch Navy submarine Zwaardvis (Swordfish) sinks German submarine U168 in the Java Sea.

1951 Joseph Stalin proclaims the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb.

1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolf remains a record 60 days under the north pole.

1961 JFK advises Americans to build fallout shelters.
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