1812 French army under Napoleon Bonaparte reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
1916 first use of tanks in warfare, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme.
1931 British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts.
1938 British PM Neville Chamberlain visits Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden.
1940 UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Royal Air Force 11th Fighter Group on what would be the fiercest day of the Battle of Britain.
1940 Battle of Britain Day: climax of the Battle of Britain, tide begins to turn as the Royal Air Force repulses a major Luftwaffe attack, losing 29 aircraft to the Germans' 57-61
1944 British bombers hit German battleship Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs.
1966 First British nuclear ballistic missile submarine HMS Resolution launched.
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