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1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.

1928 French submarine "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42

1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status.

1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "already broken and will never rise again" in a broadcast to the German people.

1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)

1952 1st British nuclear test during Operation Hurricane at Monte Bello Island, Australia, UK becomes the world's third nuclear nation.

1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea.

1981 Irish Nationalists at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike.

1990 Reunification of East and West Germany. West German flag is raised above the Brandenburg Gate at the stroke of midnight.