1692 Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 20 hanged overall during Salem Witch Trials.
1896 Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1914 German submarine U-9 sinks 3 British ironclads, Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy 1,459 die.
1943 British midget submarines attack Tirpitz.
1943 Destroyer HMS Itchen torpedoed and sinks.
1943 Destroyer HMS Keppel sinks U-229
1958 US nuclear submarine USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record).
1975 Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco.
1985 French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius appears on TV to confess "Agents of the DGSE sank this boat [Rainbow Warrior]. They acted on orders.”
2006 The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
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