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★02 Aug 1939
Physicist Leó Szilárd wrote a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed by Albert Einstein, warning that Germany might develop atomic bombs, which led to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

★04 Jul 1941
German AB-Aktion in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed professors of the University of Lwów along with their families.

★17 Jan 1946
The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House in London.

★26 Aug 1955
Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards.

★16 May 1961
The Military Revolution Committee, led by Park Chung-hee, carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Bo-seon, ending the Second Republic of South Korea.

★08 May 1963
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhist protesting against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.

★09 Aug 1974
On the verge of impeachment and removal from office amidst the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first President of the United States to resign his office.

★12 Oct 1984
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and most of her cabinet.

★22 Dec 1984
While riding a New York City Subway train, Bernhard Goetz shot four African American youths who attempted to rob him, sparking a nationwide debate on vigilantism, racism, and the legal limits of self-defense.

★04 Apr 1990
The current flag of Hong Kong was adopted for post-colonial use during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.

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