1915 Woodrow Wilson sends the third Lusitania note, warning Germany that future infringement of American rights will be deemed 'deliberately unfriendly'
1918 U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
1919 Anthony Fokker establishes his new aircraft company, the Dutch Aircraft Factory in Amsterdam.
1920 Irish Nationalist and Loyalists engage in street fighting over the issue of Irish independence from Britain, though Loyalist are reinforced by 1500 British Auxiliaries and 5800 British troops.
1921 To prove his contention that air power is superior to sea power, US Colonel William Mitchell demonstrates how bombs from planes can sink a captured German battleship.
1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
1944 Field Marshal Günther von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy.
1955 USS Seawolf launched, 1st submarine powered by liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor.
1959 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, named, Camden NJ
1997 The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday, setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
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