Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies; Harry S. Truman Succeeds as President April 12, 1945

World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed. Date: January 31, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime. Date: April 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945US and Philippine Commonwealth Begin Battle to Retake Manila, February 3, 1945Vistula–Oder…

World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war. Date: July 26, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945American Forces Liberate Buchenwald Concentration Camp – April…

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. Date: February 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945General Douglas MacArthur Lands at Atsugi Air Force Base, August 30, 1945World War II: American Forces…

World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. Date: April 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Berlin Victory Parade Held, September 7,…

American Airlines Flight 009 crashes near Rural Retreat, Virginia, killing 17. Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945End of Prague Uprising, Czech National Holiday, May 8, 1945U.S. Troops Capture Leipzig, Later…