Dan Brown released his fourth novel in the Da Vinci Code series, Inferno, which became an instant success.
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The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank's complete diary.
We Want Beer! parade was held.
The US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed.
The ban on Sunday baseball was lifted in Washington, D.C., making it the 3rd city to do so.
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
