1777 General George Washington's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic.
1925 Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title "Il Duce" (the Leader)
1944 Top Ace Major Pappy Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Japanese Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero.
1945 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits France.
1972 The Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb in Callender Street, Belfast, injuring over 60 people.
1977 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc
1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century.
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