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Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
📜 WARS🌍 GERMANY
German state from 1933 to 1945
U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES
Highest court of jurisdiction in the US
The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES
American philanthropic organization
World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland
📜 WARS🌍 GERMANY
1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany
United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES
1945 founding meeting in San Francisco
World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.
📜 WARS🌍 ITALY
National holiday in Italy on 25 April commemorating the liberation from Nazifascism
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe
📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES
1939–1945 global conflict
Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces
📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES
Armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, 1950–1953
Francis Crick and James Watson publish “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” describing the double helix structure of DNA.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM
English physicist and biologist (1916–2004)
The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
📜 CINEMA🌍 GLOBAL
Device used to produce electricity from light
The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES
US Navy radar picket submarine
Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES
American physicist and entrepreneur (1927–1990)
Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5
📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES
War in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.
📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL
1974 revolution in Portugal and its colonies
One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife
📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL
1980 aviation accident
More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
📜 CITIES🌍 JAPAN
Nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL
Country in West Asia
Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto’s orbit.
📜 SPACE🌍 GLOBAL
First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the outer Solar System (1972–2003)