August 15th, 1945:
What was known as VJ-Day - the United States and its allies marked the effective end of World War II after 6 years of fighting. They celebrated the defeat of the Axis Powers a day after Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender.
1969:
In Upstate, New York, the counter-culture came together for Woodstock, the largest rock concert of the 60s.
Hugh Romney Jr.: What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.
Among the acts of the festival, which ended more than three days later: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
1769:
Napolean Bonaparte, French general and ruler whose wars reshaped the map of Europe, was born on the island of Corsica.
1947:
In Asia, India gained its independence, a day after neighbouring Pakistan is established, concluding British colonial rule over the entire Indian subcontinent.
1998:
In Northern Ireland, the deadliest terror attack in decades of sectarian violence took place in the town of Omagh. That was where a car bomb, planted by an IRA splinter group, killed 29 people and wounded hundreds of others.
1939:
"The Wizard of Oz", the movie musical fantasy starring Judy Garland that remains a pop culture classic, premiered in Hollywood.
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