Tag: WWII history

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

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

ON THIS DAY: The diary of Anne Frank first published (1947)

On this day, 25 June 1947, a small Dutch publishing house released Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex)- the diary of Anne Frank, a young...

ON THIS DAY: Churchill delivers ‘finest hour’ speech (1940)

On this day in 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the British House of Commons and delivered one of the most stirring speeches of the...

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