1939 Membership of Hitler Youth becomes obligatory.
1943 Allies bomb Mortsel, Belgium's worst loss of life during WWII (936 civilians).
1943 Chinese steward Poon Lim is found off the coast of Brazil by a Brazilian fisherman family after being adrift 133 days, after British ship SS Benlomond torpedoed by german U-boat.
1971 US Lt William Calley sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre.
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