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The Black Friday bush fires burnt 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
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The devastating earthquake in Concepcion Chile killed 30,000 people in January 1939.
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The Battle of Barking Creek began on this day in 1939.
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Pope Pius XII makes a Chritmas eve appeal for peace.
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The famous animated movie by Walt Disney pictures, Pinocchio, was released.
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Winston Churchill becomes the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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On June 10 1940 Canada declared war on Italy.
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On this date the Italian Air force is attacked on the Island of Malta.
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German troops invade Bulgaria on the first of March, 1941.
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The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted on the first of April 1941.
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The first American bombing mission over enemy occupied Europe.
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116 hostages were executed in Paris on this day in 1942, by Nazis.
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A Swiss Chemist by the name of Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
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This is the alldged date of the first Philidelphia experiment test on the United States Navy ship the USS Eldridge.
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The Russian city of Bryansk is finally liberated from Nazi control.
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On the third of Feburary 1944, the United States captured the Marshall Islands.
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The allies bombed dikes at Vlissingen.
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The American Red Cross wins the Noble Peace Prize on this date in 1944.
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On March 5th 1945 the Battle of the Ruhr began.
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Eddie Arcaro wins the 71st Kentucky Derby riding Hoop Jr. They finished in 2:07.
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August 15, 1945 was the Korean Liberation Day.
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On this date in 1945 the Clevland Rams won the 1945 NFL Championship.
