events
1945 - World War II: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.1946 - The first installment of the popular
Japanese comic strip,
Sazae-san, is published in the
Fukunichi Shimbun.
1964 - The
1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.
births
1451 - Queen
Isabella of Castile and Leon (d.
1504)
1923 -
Bettie Page, American model
deaths
1994 - Richard Nixon, President of the United States (b. 1913)and that's about it. I got distracted.