After invading Finland, the Soviet Union was kicked out of the League of Nations.
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A British surgeon admitted to branding his initials on patients' livers.
Philadelphia premiered in Century City, California. It was one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme.
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
Alabama became the 22nd state to join the United States of America.
A suicide bomber made an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.
