Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Plutonium is used as both a fuel and an explosive.
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During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
Eminem's album The Slim Shady LP went on sale.
The United States of America leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, with the lease lasting an indefinite period.
Silent Hill, the first installment in the Silent Hill series, was released for the PlayStation.
China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country's worst health emergency since 1949.