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On This Day: 1941 – Gudovac Massacre: Start of Ustaše Genocide
On This Day: 1996 – Port Arthur Massacre Shocks Australia
On This Day: 1986 – Chernobyl's Fallout: Sweden Sounds the Alarm
On This Day: 1952 – Japan Regains Sovereignty with San Francisco Treaty
On This Day: 1945 – Mussolini Executed by Italian Resistance
On This Day: 2018 – Koreas Declare End to Conflict in Panmunjom
On This Day: 1994 – South Africa's First Democratic Election
On This Day: 1986 – Chernobyl Evacuation Begins: Pripyat Emptied
On This Day: 1941 – Nazis Occupy Athens in WWII
On This Day: 1521 – Magellan Killed in Battle of Mactan, Philippines
On This Day: 711 – Moors Invade Spain, Beginning Al-Andalus Era
