Date: April 26, 1945
Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodger's minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Date: October 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Date: January 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Five Children Go Missing After Fayetteville, West Virginia House Fire, December…
World War II: In what becomes known as the Razing of Friesoythe, the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes. Date: April 14, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅…
World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. Date: April 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945World War II: Iwo Jima Kamikazes Sink USS Bismarck Sea, Damage USS Saratoga, February 21,…
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 1945World War II: Third Day of Dresden Bombing, February 15, 1945Soviet Red…
World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin. Date: May 1, 1945 Read more on…