1066 William the Conqueror's troops set sail for England.
1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain.
1941 US President Roosevelt launches the first Liberty ship, freighter SS Patrick Henry.
1941 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general (Gruppenfuehrer).
1945 US General and head of the Allied occupation of Japan, Douglas MacArthur, meets Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo for the first time.
1968 France denies UK entry into common market.
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