1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)
1917 British submarine K13 sank in Gaire Loch, Scotland; 32 of her crew died.
1943 New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal.
1943 U.S. cruiser "Chicago" is heavily damaged by Japanese bombers on the first day of the Battle of Rennell Island.
1944 285 German bombers attack London.
1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, is launched.
1980 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians.
2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
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