1833 The town of Chicago is incorporated (population 350)
1908 Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car.
1941 French Marshal Philippe Pétain gives full support to Nazi Germany.
1943 Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.
1945 Emperor Hirohito of Japan informs the imperial family that he has decided to surrender.
1969 Battle of the Bogside: RUC officers, backed by loyalists, entered the nationalist Bogside in armoured cars and tried to suppress the riot by using CS gas, water cannon and eventually firearms; the almost continuous rioting lasted for two days.
2000 The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
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