Anne Frank wrote her last diary entry.
She was arrested three days later, and placed in a concentration camp.
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MTV launched, broadcasting its first music video at 12:01 am.
The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda crashed in the German Grand Prix and was hospitalized with near-fatal burns.
British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen by removing it from the air.
The Swedish crown jewels were stolen from a cathedral in broad daylight.
