1788 First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony.
1943 Soviets announce they have broken the long Siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany by opening a narrow land corridor, though the siege would not be fully lifted until a year later.
1945 Soviet Armed Forces enter Krakow, Poland to push Germans out, only to eventually occupy entire country.
1957 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min.
2005 The world's largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380, is unveiled in France.
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