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The Altmark Incident (1940)
While passing through neutral Norwegian waters during WWII, the German supply vessel Altmark was boarded by Norwegian inspectors. They were told the craft was merely a commercial ship, but it was in fact being used to transport 299 British prisoners of war. The captives tried to make their presence known by banging on the hull, but winches were run to drown them out. The Royal Navy, however, pursued the ship and mounted a rescue.

374 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1760 Native American hostages killed in Fort Prince George, South Carolina

1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company established - precursor of the automobile manufacturer



1861 Abraham Lincoln stops his train at Westfield on his way to Washington to thank 11-year-old Grace Bedell in person for her advice to grow a beard to gain more votes

1862 Fort Donelson is captured by General Ulysses S. Grant following the surrender of around 12,000 Confederate soldiers

1903 -59°F, Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)

1914 1st airplane flight from LA to SF

1923 Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus

1942 Bangka Island massacre: Japanese soldiers machine-gun 22 Australian Army nurses and 60 Australian and British soldiers and crew members from two sunken ships. Only one nurse and two soldiers survive.

1943 -32°F, Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)

1945 US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3

1945 Venezuela declares war on Nazi Germany (good thing they stepped in when they did or we'd a been a gonner if they didn't)

1945 WWII: US Navy 5th Fleet aircraft carriers and planes begin two-day bombardment of airfields and aircraft plants near Tokyo, Japan; over 500 hundred Japanese aircraft are destroyed

1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS

1960 US nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip

1964 Second appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from Deauville Hotel in Miami, Florida; broadcast draws about 70 million
 television viewers

1968 Elvis Presley receives a gold record for "How Great Thou Art"

1972 Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers becomes first player in NBA history to reach the career 30,000 point mark during a 110-109 loss to the Phoenix Suns

1980 American speed skater Eric Heiden wins 5,000m in Olympic record 7:02.29; second of record 5 gold medal sweep of events at Lake Placid

1985 NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds