1571 Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of southern European nations destroy Ottoman fleet in significant loss off Western Greece 1737 A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1919 KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline) 2001 The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground | 
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