300,000 Jews from a ghetto in Warsaw were deported and executed by Nazi rule.
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American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to murdering 17 people.
Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were hospitalized.
The Staten General of the Netherlands declared that the country no longer recognized Philip II of Spain as its ruler.
Japan published the first print of the world's most popular manga-comic series, 'One Piece.'