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In 1778,
English navigator Captain James Cook reached the presentday Hawaiian Islands, which he named the Sandwich Islands.
In 1911,
the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
In 1943,
during World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops. (Nazi forces eventually crushed the rebellion.)
In 1943,
during World War II, the Soviets announced they’d broken through the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. (It was another year before the siege was fully lifted.)
In 1943,
a U.S. ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread — aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts — went into effect.
In 1957,
a trio of B-52s completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft.
In 1967,
Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the “Boston Strangler,” was convicted of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed in prison in 1973.)
In 1990,
a jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
In 1991,
financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business.
In 2019,
Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who gunned down Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.
Ten years ago:
The first director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 95.
Five years ago:
Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey, 67, died in New York.
One year ago:
Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, would no longer use the title “royal highness” or receive public funds for their work under a deal allowing them to step aside as senior royals.