1718 events
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…
Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
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…
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British…
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
World War II: American and German troops fought side-by-side at the Battle for Castle Itter, defending a prison against
World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers
The Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were liberated by the United States Army