The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, which acted as a puppet state to Japan.
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Queen Elizabeth II knighted Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
More than 20,000 people were killed after Mount Etna erupted in Sicily.
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.
15,899 lives were lost after a severe 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of COVID-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.
