1805 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy.
1919 The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks.
1922 Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke.
1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky.
1941 Aircraft from HMS Ark Royal sights German battleship Bismarck.
1972 The Irish Republican Army (IRA) plant a bomb in Oxford Street, Belfast, killing a 64 year old woman.
1981 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor carrying Chinook helicopters and destroyer HMS Coventry hit in Falkland war: 39 crew members die.
2004 The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
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