1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade 1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed 1792 September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. 1864 Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during Savannah Campaign (US Civil War) 1944 Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp 1945 V-J Day, formal Surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of World War II (Japanese date, 1st September in US) | 
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