1622 First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans in Jamestown Virginia, 347 killed.
1917 The USA is the first nation to recognize the new government of Russia.
1941 James Stewart is inducted into the Army, becoming the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II
1944 American movie star Jimmy Stewart flies his 12th combat mission, leading the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin.
1963 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler.
1979 Provisional Irish Republican Army assassinates Richard Sykes, the British ambassador to the Netherlands, in The Hague.
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