Pope John Paul II proclaimed the day as the first-ever World Youth Day.
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A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
The battle of Iwo Jima was won by the US after a month and a week of fighting.
East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan, forming Bangladesh.
The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
Sir Henry Thompson conducted the UK's first cremation on the corpse of Mrs. Jeannette C. Pickersgill.
