1922 Adolf Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich, Germany.
1924 French and Belgium troops withdrawn from their occupation of the Rurh.
1941 Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano.
1942 German supply vessel Uckermark (formerly called the Altmark) explodes & sinks off Yokohama.
1942 U-boats sink and damage 142 allied ships this month (877,774 tons)
1944 Biggest & last British battleship HMS Vanguard launched.
1958 1st US guided missile destroyer launched - the Dewey at Bath Iron Works, Maine.
1982 US submarine Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in South China Sea.
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