Historical Events
- 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
- Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propaganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
- Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia established
- Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
Famous Birthdays
- Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, born in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
- Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
- Ernie Pyle, American correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize 1944), dies at 44
- John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
What Happened in 1945
Death of FDR
The famous unfinished portrait of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, started by Elizabeth Shoumatoff on the day of his death
April 12, 1945What Happened to the Body of Adolf Hitler?
There is no doubt that Adolf Hitler shot himself on this day and that his body was burned by loyal staff. But what happened to his remains is still a mystery.
April 30, 1945Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
Soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev and Georgij Bulatov raise the Soviet Union flag on the roof of the Reichstag building in Berlin
May 2, 1945Nazi Germany Surrenders
German commander Wilhelm Keitel signs the final unconditional surrender of Germany in the ruins of Berlin
May 8, 1945
