1917 Trial of Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari begins in Paris for allegedly spying for Germany and thus causing the deaths of 50,000 soldiers.
1941 Nazis kill entire Jewish population of Grodz, Lithuania.
1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (till 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people.
1945 US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam.
1967 Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City.
1985 French DGSE officers Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart are arrested and charged with murder over the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.
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