The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank’s complete diary.
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The US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed.
Delegates started to gather in Philadelphia to draw up the US constitution.
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
Israel declared independence from the British administration.
