Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops.
World War II: Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
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