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1932 - Charles G. King, University of Pittsburgh isolates Vitamin C, using adrenal samples provided by Hungarian Albert Szent-Györgyi
1945 - The Holocaust: US forces liberate the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, the first such camp to be liberated by the US Army
1959 - Mali Federation founded, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1972 - First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1988 - Largest crowd (55,438) at an MLB Opening Day game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium; Reds win over St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4 in 12 innings
1992 - 146th Grand National: 14/1 shot Party Politics, ridden by Welsh jockey Carl Llewellyn wins by 2½ lengths from Romany King
1994 - Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1997 - Second Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellite is launched aboard a Titan II rocket

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