1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains.
1915 1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
1917 Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally wounding German Leutnant Theiller.
1949 The Soviet Union begins Operation Pribioi, the mass deportation of 90,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to inhospitable areas in the Soviet Union.
1960 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine (USS Halibut)
1961 Elvis Presley performs live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial; his return to the concert stage after a stint in the US Army raises $60K and worldwide awareness of the project.
1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
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