Today in World War Two History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: Battle of Bulge - D-Day - Dunkirk - Guadalcanal - Pearl Harbor
Historical Events
Results 101 - 117 of 117
1946-02-12 - World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1946-03-31 - The first election is held in Greece after World War II.
1948-09-05 - In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1955-11-04 - The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.
1972-01-24 - Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1974-03-09 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1975-08-15 - Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1983-02-24 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
1992-01-13 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
1999-10-22 - Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
2000-05-02 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II.
2001-11-13 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2004-05-09 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
2004-05-21 - Stanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for averting a potential World War III in 1983.
2004-05-29 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2005-10-30 - The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
2005-12-28 - A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II.
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