1819 Stamford Raffles founds Singapore as a British trading port.
1862 American Civil War: Naval engagement on Tennessee River, USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle.
1919 The first day of the Weimar Republic which, because of its support of the Treaty of Versailles, does not receive proper allegiance from the German nation.
1943 First Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down.
1952 Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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