1857 The first 62 recipients are awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean war by Queen Victoria.
1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)
1915 Germany suppresses "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace.
1917 First US troops arrive in France during World War I
1918 The Australian steamer Wimmera is sunk by a mine laid north of Cape Maria van Diemen in 1917 by the German raider Wolf; 26 of its 151 passengers and crew were killed.
1948 US begin airlift “Operation Vittles” to West Berlin.
1963 US President John F. Kennedy gives his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" (intended to mean "I am a Berliner", but may actually mean "I am a doughnut") speech in West Berlin.
1968 Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career.
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