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[2]: 861 May. 6 May – Central office of the Belgian Socialist Party publicly opposes the return of Leopold III. [2]: 862 12 May – The Prime Minister and Prince Regent meet with the king to discuss his return. [2]: 861 14 May – Anti-monarchist rioting in Liège. [2]: 863 June. 9 June – Committees for collective bargaining established.
[9] The 19th Army of the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front captured Köslin. [8] The 1945 Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash in Kępa, Pomeranian Voivodeship. [10] Died: Rupert Downes, 60, and George Alan Vasey, 49, Australian generals (plane crash near Cairns); Albert Richards, 25, British war artist (jeep drove over a landmine)
At 9:00 a.m. (local time) U.S. President Harry S. Truman (on his birthday) announced the surrender in a broadcast from the Oval Office and declared May 13 to be a national day of prayer. "I call upon the people of the United States, whatever their faith, to unite in offering joyful thanks to God for the victory we have won and to pray that He ...
Typhoon Louise, known in Japan as the Akune Typhoon (阿久根台風, Akune Taifū), [1] was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that hit Japan in October 1945, soon after the cessation of World War II. It caused at least 377 deaths and another 74 missing persons, while leaving a wide swath of damage across the country.
Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN; Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˌlaːtstə ˈnius]; in English The Latest News) is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, [2] and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and Belgium.
Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—China, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France.
The Commemorative Medal of the 1940–45 War (French: Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre 1940–45, Dutch: De Herinneringsmedaille van de Oorlog 1940–1945) was a military decoration of Belgium. It was established by royal decree of the Prince Regent on 16 February 1945 to recognise Belgian servicemen and women who
North Korea observes Party Foundation Day every October 10 as a national holiday. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-3 to win the World Series, four games to three. CBS conducted a successful experiment in color television when color images were sent between the Chrysler Building and CBS headquarters at Madison Avenue and 52nd ...