Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
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The Mariner 1 Space Probe was forced to self-destruct minutes after launching.
300,000 Jews from a ghetto in Warsaw were deported and executed by Nazi rule.
Emperor Gia Long unified Vietnam by conquering Hanoi.
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were hospitalized.
The British House of Commons passed the Slavery Abolition Act.
