Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Robert Thomas Velline, known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine,…
Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (died 2016)
James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieu…
Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World Wa…
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic…
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kh…
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Ar…
World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbrea…
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next…
Georgi Asparuhov Rangelov, nicknamed Gundi, was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker.
Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (died 1971)
Sir Michael Edward Palin is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013…
Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
Ignacio Ramonet Miguez is a Spanish academic, journalist, and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, h…
Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
Berndt Andreas Baader was a West German communist and leader of the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.
Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (died 1977)
At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbrea…
World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Ca…
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and…
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II fought between Japan and the Allies in East and Southeast Asia, the P…
World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport,…
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, also known as the Technological Institute of Monterrey or simply Tec De Monterrey or El Tec is a private research universi…
The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
James Turrell is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" often creating art installations that mix natural…
James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
Terry Allen is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career spans several albums in the Texas country and outlaw country genres, and …
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
John Charles Bannon was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a …
John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe. The designation "Wehrmach…
World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of…
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen to serve as officers in the United States Merchant M…
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
The Burnings of Kali Sykia is one of many atrocities perpetrated in Greece by Fritz Schubert and his people during the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II. On October 6, 1943…
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.