Baseball and war hero Hank Gowdy became the first player to enlist in the US Army during World War II.
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Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France signed the Secret Treaty of Dover.
CNN made its debut as the first 24-hour news channel.
The Philadelphia Zoo opened. At the time, it was the only zoo in the 'New World.'
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
Ion Antonescu, Romania's dictatorial World War II leader, was executed by firing squad.
