1918 American soldier Alvin York single-handedly attacks German gun nest, killing at least 25 and capturing 132 Germans.
1941 Building at Concentration Camp Birkenau begins.
1945 US President Harry Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada.
1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, miraculously 100% vote for the Workers' Party.
1962 Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", uncovering sorry state of West German army. Magazine soon accused of treason.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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