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Adolf Hitler gave his approval to the Manstein Plan on 17th February,
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In WW1 45 German U boats sunk just this month. Today was the day it started.
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During this period, Hitler built up his forces on Germany's western frontier.
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plan, code named Unternehmen Seelöwe and was scheduled to take place in mid-September 1940.
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United States Congress declared war upon the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day.
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Breaks non-aggression pact with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union.
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All Jews are ordered to wear the Star of David, seperating them from the rest of the nation.
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Hitler declares war with the United States.
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The building of Auschwitz began, and the deportation of Jews started.
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Japanese had a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The United States delcares war upon Italy.
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The United States Congress declared war upon Bulgaria.
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Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia.
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The first eye bank was established at New York Hospital.
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United nations is established.
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World War 2 finally ends.
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As it was becoming increasingly clear that the Soviet Union was going to miss its agreed upon deadline for withdrawing their forces from jointly occupied Iran
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Joseph Stalin, at a meeting of Voters of the Stalin Electoral District, Moscow, declared that communism & capitalism were incompatible.
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churchill gives his "iron curtain speech
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Albert Einstein spoke via radio to students at Northwestern University about the necessity of world government.
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British Prime Minister Clement Attlee Addressed the United Nations on the subject of atomic energy
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Operation Crossroads took place on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific series of 3 nuculer tests
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received a report that had been based on Kennan's observations, with further contributions from Kennan.
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Democratic Army of Greece launched a campaign to win control of the whole country
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President Truman created the Atomic Energy Commission and appointed David E. Lilienthal its chairman
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Collier's magazine published their "Man and the Atom" issue, in which the editors set out to explore the positive side of atomic energy.
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Harry S truman elected president
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Berlin airlift begins
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state of israel is created
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United states joins NATO
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following the withdrawal of remaining DSE forces into Albania, a treaty was negotiated with the Royalists which signaled the end of the war.
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U.S. sends troops to korea
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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Released
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First Televised Presidential Debates
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Adolf Eichmann on Trial for Role in Holocaust
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Berlin Wall Built
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JFK Gives "Man on the Moon" Speech
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Peace Corps Founded
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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First James Bond Movie
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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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JFK Assassinated
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Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
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Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.
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New York City Great Blackout
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Nazi Albert Speer Released From Spandau Prison
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First Kwanzaa Celebrated
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The beatles break up
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Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
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Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
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London Bridge Brought to the U.S.
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United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
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VCRs Introduced
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•M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
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U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
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U.S. President Nixon Resigns
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Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon
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•Microsoft Founded
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Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia
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Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000
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North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Elvis Found Dead
