1933 Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment repealed (5:32 PM EST)
1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor.
1945 Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle.
1945 Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl.
1958 Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1974 Final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC TV
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