Germany invaded Poland in the free city of Danzig, which started World War II.
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Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
The zombie horror movie 'Dawn of the Dead' premiered in Turin, Italy.
Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather and became King of France at the young age of five.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
Mozart published the Haydn Quartets in Vienna.
