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The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was founded. 2 August: Potsdam Conference: British prime minister Clement Attlee, president Harry S. Truman of the United States and Joseph Stalin, the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, issued the Potsdam Agreement at Cecilienhof in Potsdam.
12 January – Luise Rainer, actress (died 2014); 20 February – Rudolf Beckmann, SS officer (died 1943); 22 June – Herbert Quandt, German industrialist (died 1982); 1 August – Gerda Taro, Polish-German war photographer (died 1937)
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
4 January — World War II: (Axis powers): Luftwaffe General Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany.; 10 January — World War II: Mechelen Incident: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries.
Image credits: historycoolkids #2. Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96. She spent 7 decades on the throne, which was longer than the reigns of her father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather ...
Aerial photo of the Dachau complex with the actual concentration camp on the left. The camp's layout and building plans were developed by Commandant Theodor Eicke and were applied to all later camps. He had a separate, secure camp near the command center, which consisted of living quarters, administration and army camps.
2 September – Following the invasion of Poland, Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. 3 September – The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany. 3 September – British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in the eastern ...
2 June: Death of Benno Ohnesorg. 15 September: Brücke Museum opened. 31 December: Population: 3,245,325. Strausberger Platz built. Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA. [54] 1968 11 April: Josef Bachmann's assassination attempt against Rudi Dutschke. 31 December: Population: 3,225,354. New National Gallery opens in West ...