1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die.
1905 "SOS" first adopted as a morse distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) by German government.
1918 United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.
1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor for "Beer Hall Putsch" but General Ludendorff acquitted.
1924 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany.
1941 The Blockade Runner Badge for German Kriegsmarine is instituted.
1945 The Ruhr Pocket of German forces are encircled by the US Ninth Army and US First Army, eventually leading to the capture of 317,000 German troops.
1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations.
1973 John Lennon and Yoko Ono form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence.
1976 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs found Apple Computer in the garage of Jobs' parents house in Cupertino, California.
1992 Battleship USS Missouri, on which the Japanese surrender took place, decommissioned.
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