Historical Events
- 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU, 49-44; Cowboys' center Bob Kurland is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
Event of Interest
British premier Winston Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine
Winston Churchill
- DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title
Music Recording
Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record the song "It's Only a Paper Moon"
Ella Fitzgerald
Event of Interest
General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden
- World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
Famous Birthdays
- Briton Selby, Canadian NHL player, born in Kingston, Ontario
Famous Deaths
- Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42