1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation.
1935 "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time.
1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down.
1952 Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
1971 American astronaut Alan Shepard is 1st to hit a golf ball on the moon.
1971 The Irish Republican Army shoots and kills Gunner Robert Curtis, the first British soldier to die during the 'Troubles'
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