Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
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Woodstock '99 concert took place in Rome, New York, US.
The Staten General of the Netherlands declared that the country no longer recognized Philip II of Spain as its ruler.
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.
300,000 Jews from a ghetto in Warsaw were deported and executed by Nazi rule.
