1776 Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies).
1914 First fully mechanized unit in the British Army created - the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI).
1942 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes.
1943 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome.
1945 Japanese in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies.
2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.
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