Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
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Heineken International was founded in the Netherlands.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
