The University of Greifswald was founded in Germany. It was the second university in continental Northern Europe.
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Albert Einstein safely arrived in the US after fleeing Nazi Germany.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database) was founded. It was incorporated as a website in January 1996.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to humanitarian Mother Teresa.
The US population reached 300 million people.
The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spaceflight landed in the Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan.