<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109">Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109</a> is rammed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Japanese</a> destroyer <i id="mw4g"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amagiri_(1930)" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)">Amagiri</a></i> and sinks. Lt. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.