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1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later. [23] 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. [24] 1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed. [25]
January 6 – William Noble, missionary (born 1866) January 7 Alexander Stirling Calder, sculptor (born 1870) Thomas McGuire, fighter ace (born 1920; killed in action) January 13 – Margaret Deland, novelist (born 1857) January 23 – Newton E. Mason, U.S. Navy rear admiral (born 1850) January 25 – Volga Hayworth, showgirl (born 1897)
Monday marks 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge, when the Nazi army made its last offensive push of World War II.. The battle was one of the costliest of the war, with the U.S. Army suffering ...
The Luftwaffe executed Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.The operation was a tactical German success but failed in its aim of achieving air superiority.
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May 7, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe; 1945 – Carousel opens on Broadway; 1945 – Potsdam Conference; 1945 - Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York; August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 14, 1945 – Japan surrenders, ending World War II.
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) is observed by the western European powers as Nazi Germany surrenders, marking the end of WWII in Europe. Shortly before midnight (May 9 Moscow time) the final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the seat of the Soviet Military Administration in Berlin- Karlshorst , attended by Allied representatives.
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...