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1942

Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.

1863 american civil war griersons raid begins troops under uni 04 17

1861

American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being…

American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at�

1783

American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.

1937 spanish civil war guernica spain is bombed by the german 04 26

1936

Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the…

Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.

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Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, B

�stan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Victory and Peace Day, marks the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II. (Armenia)

1954

Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it…

Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.

1929

The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in…

The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).

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World Voice Day

1964

Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman

Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International A�