Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
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The Staten General of the Netherlands declared that the country no longer recognized Philip II of Spain as its ruler.
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were hospitalized.
The Mariner 1 Space Probe was forced to self-destruct minutes after launching.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to murdering 17 people.