Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
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President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
Thieves stole $3.3 million from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson.