Adolf Hitler offered peace to Great Britain if they would surrender and allow Germany to dominate the country.
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Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
The Great Fire of Rome started when the merchant shops around the Circus Maximus caught fire.
Marvel's superhero movie 'Captain America: The First Avenger' hit the theaters.
Maurice-François Garin won the first Tour de France.
NASA's Apollo 11 orbited the moon.
