Eleven Ships Struck Their Colors: Camperdown, 1797
On October 11, 1797, Admiral Adam Duncan smashed a Dutch fleet off Camperduin, capturing eleven ships and killing France's planned invasion of the British Isles.
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The Knock at the Bookcase: Anne Frank Is Arrested
On August 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex in Amsterdam and arrested Anne Frank and seven others — three days after her last diary entry.
The Day Anne Frank's Diary Became a Book
On June 25, 1947, Contact Publishing in Amsterdam released Het Achterhuis — The Diary of Anne Frank — turning a murdered teenager's hidden notebooks into one of history's most-read books.