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1066 William the Conqueror's troops set sail from Normandy for conquest of England.

1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain.

1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth" launches at Clydebank, Scotland.

1939 Warsaw surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance.

1940 55 German aircraft shot down above England.

1940 Nazi Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)

1941 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general (Gruppenfuehrer)

1945 US General and head of the Allied occupation of Japan, Douglas MacArthur, meets Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo for the first time.