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1. Germany invades Poland, precipitating World War II
2. The United Kingdom joins the European Economic Community (the forerunner of the European Union)
3. Admiral Lord Nelson leads the Royal Navy to victory over the combined French and Spanish navies at the Battle of Trafalgar
4. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and other US targets
5. The Armistice of November 11th brings an end to the First World War
6. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, only to be forced to surrender to a British task force ten weeks later
7. Elizabeth II ascends the UK throne
8. The American colonies declare independence from Britain on the fourth of July
9. Edward VIII abdicates the UK throne so he can marry Wallis Simpson
10. Easter Rising in Dublin
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