Date: January 30, 1945
The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia. Date: May 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Soviet Union Recognizes Pro-Soviet Polish Government, January 5, 1945Hermann Göring…
World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. Date: February 14, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. Date: February 9, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945RAF Mistakenly…
World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army. Date: May 4, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Mississippi and Alabama Tornado Outbreak Kills 45, Injures 427 – February…
Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school. Date: April 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Empire of Vietnam Established as Japanese…
World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies". Date: February 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23…