Baseball and war hero Hank Gowdy became the first player to enlist in the US Army during World War II.
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The Heimlich Maneuver was published in an article for the first time.
Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France signed the Secret Treaty of Dover.
South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after ending Apartheid.
Ion Antonescu, Romania's dictatorial World War II leader, was executed by firing squad.
Anne Boleyn was crowned the Queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
