The federal government relinquished control of the nation’s railroads to their owners following settlement of a wage dispute.
Event Type: Key Events of WW II
1943-11-26
The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed , including 1,015 American troops.
1945-08-28
American troops begin landing in Japan following the surrender of the Japanese government
1942-05-25
U.S. Army Lt. General Joseph Stillwell, frustrated over being driven out of Burma by Japanese forces, told reporters in Delhi, India: “I claim we got a hell of a beating.”
1945-04-30
As Russian troops approached his Berlin Bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun. The radio show “Queen for Today” (later “Queen for a [ … ]
1945-04-29
American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated Admiral Karl Doenitz President.
1945-04-28
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
1942-04-21
The first edition of “The Stranger” (L’Etranger), Albert Camus’ highly influential absurdist novel, was published in Nazi-occupied Paris by Gallimard.
1943-04-18
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet was shot down and killed by U.S. fighters while approaching Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
1943-03-28
Composer Sergei Rachmanioff, 69, died in Beverly Hills, California.
1945-01-06
George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York.
1942-12-30
A near-riot of bobby-soxers greeted the opening of Frank Sinatra’s singing engagement at the Paramount Theater in New York’s Times Square.
1942-12-09
The Aram Khachaturian ballet “Gayane” featuring the surging “Sabre Dance” was first performed by Russia’s Kirov Ballet.
1941-11-26
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific [ … ]
1944-11-14
Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded “Opus No 1” for RCA Victor.