William Woods Holden, Governor of North Carolina, became the first U.S. state governor to be removed from office through

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Second World War: British and Italian naval forces fought the Second Battle of Sirte in the Gulf of Sidra north of Libya

British propaganda radio station Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik began broadcasting to German submariners.

Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)