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The HMS Warrior is Launched
1860
The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
The Apex of the Japanese Asset Price Bubble Occured
1989
The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
The UK settled its Anglo-American, post WWII loan debt
2006
The payments of $83.25m (£42.5m) to the US and US$22.7m (£11.6m) to Canada were the last of 50 instalments since 1950. The amount paid back was nearly double that loaned in 1945 and 1946.
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