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- 2000
Having first sent its troops on Southern Lebanon 22 years ago, Israel begins to withdraw its forces from the area. It completes the final withdraw by 25 May.
- 1943
Josef Mengele is appointed the chief medical officer in Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1844
American inventor Samuel Morse transmits the world's first telegraph message, with the words, “What Hath God Wrought?”
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