Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
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Charles Darwin explored Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil, and fell in love with its variety of plants, flowers, animals & insects.
A Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago.
The longest siege of a capital city in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo, officially ended.
