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World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under t…
United States forces land in the Philippines.
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often referred by its shortened name as the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Unio…
World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
Liquefied natural gas (sometimes liquid natural gas, frequently LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid f…
Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130…
Robert Duncan MacPherson is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
Frank Richard Oznowicz, known professionally as Frank Oz, is an American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for his involvement with Jim Henson and George Lucas thro…
Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
Christopher Wayne Ralston is a former England international rugby union player. He represented the British and Irish Lions on their 1974 tour to South Africa and at the time play…
Chris Ralston, English rugby player
Louis-Phillip Edmonston was a Canadian consumer advocate, writer, journalist, and politician. Along with Andrew Scheer, he was one of the few politicians with dual American and Can…
Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician (died 2022)
Douglas MacArthur was an American general. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest…
World War II: American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes…
Robert Evan Brown Jr. was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Crucifix Hill, near Aachen, Germany, on October 8, 1944. He left home and joined the ar…
World War II: Captain Bobbie E. Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just…
HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid dow…
World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMAS Australia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
The Battle of Aachen was a battle of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September and 21 October 1944. The city had been…
World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, the first German city to fall…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Jan Runar Kinder was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Oslo, Norway and represented the club Hasle/Løren IL. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and p…
Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (died 2013)
Samuel Felton Posey is an American former racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.
Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
Christopher John Dodd is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest…
Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician
Karen Fladset is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach. She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team. With Vestar she became Norwegia…
Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi…
USS Tang was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Tang. She was built and launched in 1943, serving until being sunk b…
World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often referred by its shortened name as the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Unio…
World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, was a writer on English art and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 to 2018.
Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020)