Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
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Winona Ryder was arrested.
King Carloman II of West Francia was mortally wounded while out hunting.
Mexico was officially recognized as an independent nation by the US.
A 7.8 earthquake hit Flores Island in Indonesia, which caused an 82-foot tsunami, killing about 2,500 people.
The deepest point of land was identified.
