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The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because
In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship
Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site…
The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are…
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty…
First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and…
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and…
The Workers' Party of North Korea, predecessor of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is founded at a congress held in…
World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fight
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Coldi
World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces
Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam