Tag: WWII history

ON THIS DAY: Roosevelt first US President to fly overseas (1943)

On this Day January 14, 2026 at 16:44

Eighty-three years ago today, 14 January 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting US president to fly overseas. Departing Miami, Florida aboard...

ON THIS DAY: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (1945)

On this Day August 6, 2025 at 12:46

On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in history on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, marking a turning point...

ON THIS DAY: Anne Frank annex discovered (1944)

On this Day August 4, 2025 at 11:24

On this day in 1944, the secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank, her family, and four others had been hiding for more than...

ON THIS DAY: The signing of the United Nations Charter (1945)

On this Day June 26, 2025 at 15:39

On 26 June 1945, representatives from 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to sign the Charter of the United Nations, formally establishing what would...