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American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the So
American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the So
A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain f
After renegotiating a contract with the makers of her signature perfume Chanel No
At a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall called for economic aid to war-torn
At a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall called for economic aid to war-torn
A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel, one of the driving forces in the development of the Las Vegas Strip, in B
Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the…
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony
Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear-weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the…
After weeks of unrest, rioters lynched Bolivian president Gualberto Villarroel, desecrating and hanging his corpse in…
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupati
World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) in Germany, freei
World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdr
World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino
World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with
Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery duri
World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Geor
Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp su