1916 German parliament approves unrestricted submarine warfare.
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain, France, overrun by Nazis.
1945 The Holocaust: Nazis begin evacuating prisoners from Buchenwald concentration camp.
1945 Battle of Okinawa: Giant Japanese battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa with orders to beach herself and be destroyed defending the island.
1974 19th Eurovision Song Contest: ABBA for Sweden wins singing "Waterloo" in Brighton.
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records.
2012 US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities.
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