1844 Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message.
1916 Conscription begins in Britain.
1940 Adolf Hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"
1941 German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive.
1943 Admiral Donitz stops U-boats in Atlantic Ocean.
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