1797 Nore Mutiny: British Royal Navy sailors mutiny on the Thames, England and blockade London.
1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey.
1940 Nazi blitzkrieg and conquest of France begins with the crossing of the Muese River.
1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Adolf Hitler's deputy.
1942 U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River.
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
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