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1775 ~ The U.S. Army was founded.
1919 ~ John Alcock and Arthur Brown depart St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1940 ~ WWII: German troops enter Paris.
1942 ~ Anne Frank began her diary.
1952 ~ The keel was laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
1982 ~ Birthday of Lang Lang, Chinese pianist.
1982 ~ Argentine forces in the capital Port Stanley unconditionally surrender to British forces, bringing the Falklands War to an end.
1991 ~ Death of Dame Peggy Ashcroft, British actress.
1994 ~ Death of Henry Mancini, American composer.
1995 ~ Death of Roger Zelazny, American fantasy and science fiction writer.
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