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1588 The "Invincible" Spanish Armada is sighted approaching England, several skirmishes follow forcing the invading fleet to make a long and costly retreat around Scotland and Ireland.

1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover.

1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

1948 King George VI opens the XIV Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London.

1973 Led Zeppelin has more than $200,000 in cash stolen from a safety-deposit box at the New York Hilton hotel.