1558: 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
1821: Russian Antarctic Expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returns to Kronshtadt after becoming the 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1942: 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1944: Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified
1993: Rwandian Hutus and Tutsis sign peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania
Source: Onthisday.com
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