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Old 11-02-21, 08:48 AM   #3976
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1914 Great Britain declares the entire North Sea a military area: neutral ships will transit it at their own risk.

1916 Battle of Verdun: Fort Vaux reconquered from Germans by French troops without firing a shot.

1917 In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay.

1947 Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose", a huge wooden airplane for the first and last time.
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