1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier.
1945 Soviet forces complete their encirclement of Berlin, cutting off all access points west of the German capital.
1945 "Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII
1980 Announcement of US hostage rescue bungle in Iran.
1985 West German Parliament rules it is illegal to deny the Holocaust.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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