1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days at the loss of 600,000 killed.
1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland.
1973 US & North Vietnam's William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease-fire, ending longest US war and miltary draft.
1996 Germany celebrates its first Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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