1939 Warsaw surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance.
1941 US launches its 1st Liberty ship, freighter SS Patrick Henry.
1942 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general (Gruppenfuehrer).
1968 France denies UK entry into common market.
1991 US President George H. W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert.
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