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26 January 26, 1945 (Friday) 27 ... kamikaze attack of the previous day); Thomas ... met at Malta for discussions preparatory to next week's Yalta ...
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1945 – David Purley ... American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932) [229]
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 ...
January 30 – Raid at Cabanatuan: 121 American soldiers and 800 Filipino guerrillas free 813 American POWs from the Japanese-held camp in Cabanatuan, Philippines. January 31 – Eddie Slovik is executed by firing squad for desertion, the first American soldier since the American Civil War, and last to date to be executed for this offense.
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is declared (this day is celebrated as Republic Day until the 1990s). Marshal Tito is named president. Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer ( ENIAC ), is completed in the United States, covering 1,800 square feet ...
By projecting all three images onto a screen simultaneously, he was able to recreate the original image of the ribbon. #4 London, Kodachrome Image credits: Chalmers Butterfield
January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. January 29 – The Central Intelligence Group is established (the CIA in 1947). February 12 – Isaac Woodard , an African American army veteran, is beaten and blinded by police chief Lynwood Shull in Batesburg, South Carolina , an event which is brought to ...
The fourth and final inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States was held on Saturday, January 20, 1945. This was the 40th inauguration and marked the commencement of the fourth and final term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and the only term of Harry S. Truman as vice president.