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1993

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

1945

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

1945

World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,0

World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.

1943

World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and c

World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.

1939

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.

1945

World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command p

World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and�

1945

World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army

World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.

1945

World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin

World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.

1945

World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting

World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.

1945

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.

1945

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artill

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred priso�

1941

World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom lau

World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.

1945

World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, re

World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, resulting in more than 7,000 deaths.

1973

The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building

The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building.

1945

World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army

World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.

1945

World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day

World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.

1942

World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS

World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The J�

1493

In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of De

In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.

2023

The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency

The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.

1945

World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation

World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.