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 * 1776 - Continental brig Reprisal arrives in Quiberon Bay, France, becoming the first Continental vessel to arrive in Europe. Reprisal was carrying Benjamin Franklin who was acting as the diplomatic agent to the country.
 * 1929 - Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd makes the first flight over the South Pole.
 * 1943 - TBF aircraft of VC-19 based on board USS Bogue (CVE 9) sink the German submarine U-86 about 385 miles east of Terceira, Azores.
 * 1944 - USS Maryland (BB 46) is hit by a kamikaze off Leyte. She is repaired in time for Okinawa Invasion where she is hit by a kamikaze again April 7, 1945.
 * 1944 - USS Archerfish (SS 311) sinks Japanese carrier Shinano on her maiden voyage 160 nautical miles southwest of Tokyo Bay. Shinano is the largest warship sunk by any combatant submarines during World War II. Also on this date, USS Scabbardfish (SS 397) sinks Japanese submarine I-365 east of Honshu.
 * 1990 - The UN approves Security Council Resolution 678 authorizing the use of military force unless Iraq vacates Kuwait by 15 January 1991.
 * 1995 - An F/A-18E1, the first Super Hornet, makes its first flight at Lambert International Airport near St. Louis, Mo.

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