Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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Dutch astronomer Johannes Fabricius discovered sunspots.
Barbie was presented to the public for the first time.
A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
Bertha Landes became the first female mayor of a major city (Seattle) in the US.
