The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
This was the first submarine incident of its kind.
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'Victoria' became the world's first recorded ship to have circumnavigated the globe when it arrived back in Spain.
Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
The crew of the Union Star lost their lives along with all eight lifeboat volunteers who tried to save them.
