Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
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The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
