1915- The Germans use toxic gases against their enemies for the first time in history.
1919- Benito Mussolini establishes new political movement in Italy.
1933-The Reichstag gives Adolf Hitler the power to rule by decree.
1950- The International Meteorological Organization (IMO) established.
1965- The US launches Gemini 3 spacecraft carrying two men “Virgil Grissom and John Young” to the space.
2002- More than 3 million people take to the streets in Rome in protest against terrorism and the social policy of Silvio Berlusconi government.
Born today:
1912- Wernher von Braun, one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States.
Passed away:
1953- French Painter Raoul Dufy.
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