Date: April 26, 1945
World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power. Date: March 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this…
World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces. Date: April 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Manhattan Project: First Atomic Bomb Test Near Alamogordo July 16, 1945USS Indianapolis Departs San Francisco…
The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence. Date: November 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Santo Tomas Internment Camp Liberated in World War II, February 4, 1945Battle of Iwo Jima Ends, Japanese Resistance…
World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000. Date: February 3, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day…
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War. 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 1945U.S. Troops Capture Leipzig,…
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…