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1788 The British First Fleet arrives at Australian territory of Norfolk Island to found a convict settlement.

1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting, 1,500 to 3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182 to 257 Texans, including William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett.

1918 US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle.

1944 British and Canadian sailors boards abandoned German U-boat U-774 seeking Enigma code machine, but are forced to scuttle the sub when efforts to tow it fail.

1947 XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA

1967 Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva approaches the US Embassy in New Delhi, India, and asks for political asylum.

1970 A Catholic man is shot dead by British soldiers in Belfast, North Ireland.

1987 Belgian ferry "Herald of Free Enterprise" sinks; 192 die.

1988 3 IRA suspects shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers.

1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17

1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, US President George H. W. Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

1998 British Union Flag begins to be flown full-mast over Buckingham Palace whenever British monarch not in residence, following change of protocol after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.