1922 White Star Liner Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage, from Southampton, England to New York City.
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1943 Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.
1943 SS General Jürgen Stroop orders the burning of the Warsaw Ghetto, ending a month of Jewish resistance. 13,000 Jews have died, about half burnt alive or suffocated, German casualties less than 300
1957 US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut.
1969 US nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco.
1991 Queen Elizabeth II becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress.
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