The official secret police force of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo, was established.
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Great Britain claimed South Georgia Island after Argentina surrendered following the Falklands War.
Rapper Ice Cube married Kimberly Woodruff.
The first major mass trials of polio vaccines began.
The Handmaid's Tale debuted on Hulu.
The Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, killing 31 people and spreading contamination across Western Europe.
