United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day. Date: April 25, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous. Date: April 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945…
World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. Date: April 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. Date: April 21, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. Date: April 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union. Date: April 20, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)