Date: August 18, 1945
World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. Date: January 30, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II. Date: June 7, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945B-25 Bomber Crashes into Empire State Building, Killing 14…
World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers. 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 1945Juan Perón Marries Eva Duarte, October 18, 1945Allied…
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Date: January 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945British Troops Liberate Mandalay, Burma – March…
World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from German occupation. Date: April 4, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Hurricane Strikes Southern Florida and Bahamas, Destroys Airships and Planes, September 15, 1945Prague…
World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. 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 1945Germany’s Flensburg Government Dissolved by British Arrests May 23,…