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1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
1911 - Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1911 - John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b.
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1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
1982 - Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
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Marina: after the baptismal name of an interpreter (1505-1530) for the Mexican conqueror Cortez.
She was an Aztec woman who was given to Cortez as a slave.
Mearns' last expedition was in 1911, when he served as a naturalist with the Childs Frick Expedition to Africa.
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David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacked HMS Eagle in New York harbour.
The attack was perhaps spectacular (a charge did detonate beneath the ship), but was nevertheless unsuccessful.
Jun 5: Sinking of HMS Hampshire and death of Kitchener
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