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★24 Mar 1898
The Winton Motor Carriage Company, one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.

★08 Sep 1900
The Great Galveston Hurricane, one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour at landfall, struck Galveston, Texas, U.S., killing at least 6,000 people.

★16 Dec 1922
Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.

★28 Oct 1940
World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.

★14 Nov 1940
Second World War: Coventry Cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England, were destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the Coventry Blitz.

★14 Oct 1944
Having been linked to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was forced to commit suicide.

★26 Dec 1946
American gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the oldest casino still in operation on the Las Vegas Strip.

★01 Dec 1959
Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in the Antarctic and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve.

★21 Mar 1963
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California—one of the world's most notorious and best known prisons—was closed.

★10 Apr 1963
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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