The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, which acted as a puppet state to Japan.
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Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
More than 20,000 people were killed after Mount Etna erupted in Sicily.
