1941 Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis.
1941 New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland.
1943 Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
1943 Churchill pledges Britain's full support to US against Japan.
1959 The USS Triton, the first submarine with two nuclear reactors, is completed.
1962 Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to JFK before 15,000 attendees, accompanied by jazz pianist Hank Jones, at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy.
1967 USSR ratifies treaty with Britain & US banning nuclear weapons in space.
1981 5 British Army soldiers are killed when their armoured vehicle is ripped apart by a Provisional Irish Republican Army roadside bomb near Bessbrook, County Armagh.
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