Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
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Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Gone With the Wind,' making her the first African American woman to win an Oscar.
The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
The longest siege of a capital city in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo, officially ended.
The Family Circus Comic Strip by Bill Keane debuted.
Charles Darwin explored Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil, and fell in love with its variety of plants, flowers, animals & insects.
