1929 - Anne Frank was born in Germany. She wrote in her diary about growing up in occupied Amsterdam during World War II. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.
1940 - 54,000 British and French troops surrendered to German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux, on the northern Channel border.
1942 - Anne Frank made the first entry in her diary. The diary documented her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbechev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
"I firmly believe that the only way to swing the war in our favor is to resort to crash-dive attacks with our planes. There will be more than enough volunteers for this chance to save our country." - Japanese naval Capt. Motoharu Okamura
