1917 Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides.
1918 US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die.
1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain.
1939 Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem.
1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution."
1944 Royal Ducth Navy submarine Zwaardvis (Swordfish) sinks U168 at Java.
1945 Gen Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train).
1945 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge.
1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine.
1949 US President Harry Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO).
1951 Stalin proclaims USSR has atomic bomb.
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