After invading Finland, the Soviet Union was kicked out of the League of Nations.
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The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris by leaders of various governments. This ended the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
A British surgeon admitted to branding his initials on patients' livers.
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
Princess Mary Stuart succeeded her father James V and became Queen Mary I of Scotland at just six days old.
Northern Germany and the Netherlands were struck by St. Lucia's flood, killing more than 50,000 people.