26 Jun 1933
France
France
- The MB.200 bomber took its first flight. ww2dbase [MB.200 | CPC]
- SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Eicke was named the commandant of Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany, replacing Hilmar Wäckerle. ww2dbase [Dachau Concentration Camp | Dachau, München-Oberbayern | CPC]
- Gorch Fock was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Gorch Fock | CPC]
- I-68 was launched at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | I-68/I-168 | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- The keel of HMS Amphion was laid down at the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Perth | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
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