The Roman Catholic Church declared Joan of Arc a saint.
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Prolific killer Charles Manson was sentenced to death by gas chamber.
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
The Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Protestants.
Charles Darwin, who taught the world the theory of evolution by natural selection, died at 73 years old.