3rd June 1906
Josephine Baker, an American-born French dancer and actress who was the first black woman to become a world-famous entertainer and contributed to the Civil Rights Movement, was born.
27th January 1945
Liberation of the German concentration camp Auschwitz.
15th March 1917
Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne. End of Russian Empire.
12th March 1967
Achmed Sukarno the Indonesian leader of independence was stripped of his title.
1st September 1967
Death by suicide of female nazi criminal Ilse Koch.
1st November 1952
First detonation of the H-Bomb (Ivy Mike) at Enewetak Atoll.
12th January 1895
National Trust, the independent charity and membership organisation for environmental and heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is founded in the United Kingdom.
16th May 1929
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which honored the best films of 1927 and 1928, took place.
The Question (1967)
Halas and Batchelor's The Question (about Love being the reason for living) was released.
30th April 1945
WWII: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.
5th November 1979
Al Capone, gangster and co-founder/boss of the Chicago Outfit during prohibition in the US, dies.
29th April 1980
Alfred Hitchcock, the famous English film director and producer, died.
16th June 1960
New York premiere of Hitchcock's Psycho.
13th August 1899
Alfred Hitchcock, the British film director and producer, also known as the "Master of Suspense" was born.

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