1915 First submarine disaster; a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
1917 Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally wounding German Leutnant Theiller.
1949 The Soviet Union begins Operation Pribioi, the mass deportation of 90,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to inhospitable areas in the Soviet Union.
1960 First guided missile launched from nuclear powered submarine (Halibut)
1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona.
1970 Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
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