1819 British colonial officer Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore.
1915 The United States Coast Guard is created by merging the US Life Saving Service & the US Revenue Cutter Service.
1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1944 U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland.
1968 Radiation alert following B-52 crash in Arctic air base of Thule in Greenland.
1973 In the run up to the first anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' there is serious rioting in Derry, North Ireland.
1986 Space shuttle challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all 7 crew members, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space.
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