The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
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France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
