Tag: WWII history

ON THIS DAY: Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam (1944)

On 4 August 1944, Anne Frank was arrested in Amsterdam after German Security Police, known as the Grüne Polizei, discovered the hiding place where...

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

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 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...

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