1943- German army occupies Rome during World War II.
1990 – Pope John Paul II opens Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro in Cote d’Ivoire, one of the largest churches in the world.
1994- UN General Assembly endorses Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Born Today:
1892 – American physicist and Nobel-Laureate Arthur Holly Compton.
Passed Away:
1983 – Swiss physicist and Nobel-Laureate Felix Bloch.
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