1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley.
1940 Hitler begins operation Seelöwe (Sealion - aborted invasion England).
1941 FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot at on sight.
1941 World War II: The U.S. Navy is ordered to attack German U-boats.
1943 Jewish ghettos of Minsk & Lida Belorussia liquidated.
1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island.
2001 Two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists crash into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and death of 2,752 people.
2001 Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people.
2001 Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board.
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