1915 First US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin.
1944 U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland.
1945 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China.
1958 The Lego company patents their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1968 Radiation alert following B-52 crash in Arctic air base of Thule in Greenland.
1980 USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, with all 7 crew members killed, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space.
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