1941 - New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
1962 - Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1974 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1995 - Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time
2018 - Queen Elizabeth II grants the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle upon their marriage

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1926 - Paul Cooper, American classical music composer, and educator, born in Victoria, Illinois (d. 1996)