1664 The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
1904 St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints.
1943 German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic.
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: US President JFK receives letter from Soviet Leaderr Khrushchev suggesting agreement.
1971 The British Parliament debates the European Communities principle of membership and votes 356 to 244 in favour of joining, requiring a new law to be drafted and a later final vote on joining.
1971 United Kingdom becomes the 6th nation to have a satellite in orbit with the launch of Prospero.
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