1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic.
1914 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI.
1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France.
1934 Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knives).
1948 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin.
1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War.
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