Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
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General Laborer Thomas Stevens started his first bicycle trip around the world.
Twenty million Americans mobilized to call for greater protections for our planet. This became the world's first Earth Day.
The US Congress passed legislation that allowed the 'In God We Trust' inscription on the currency.
President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.