Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world record speed exceeding 300 mph on the Bonneville Flats, Utah, US.
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The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary war.
Adolf Hitler made plans to invade Britain starting on September 21, 1940.
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was transported to Auschwitz, along with over a thousand other Jewish prisoners.
Dennis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the UK and headed to New York City, US.
