1938 A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic.
1939 USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Adolf Hitler deports Jews.
1939 German U boat U-56 fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound & Charles Forbes aboard.
1944 Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen.
1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts.
1972 The Northern Ireland Office issues a discussion document 'The Future of Northern Ireland'; the paper states Britain's commitment to the union as long as the majority of people wish to remain part of the United Kingdom.
1972 Loyalist paramilitaries carry out a raid on Royal Ulster Constabulary station in County Derry, and steal 4 British Army Sterling sub-machine Guns.
1974 "The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous "rope-a-dope" tactic.
1990 Britain and France complete the "Chunnel" under the English Channel.
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