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[November 27th, 1945] The USS Gurnard (SS-254) was decommissioned after 3 years of active service
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The USS Gurnard (SS-254) was decommissioned after 3 years of active service
[November 27th, 1945] HMCS Ontario approaches the entrance of Esquimalt Harbour.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
[November 27th, 1945] HMCS Ontario approaches the entrance of Esquimalt Harbour.
[November 27th, 1945] Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia blowing smoke rings as he revels in the joys of a good cigar while sitting at desk in his office.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia blowing smoke rings as he revels in the joys of a good cigar while sitting at desk in his office.
[November 27th, 1945] A man filling up furnace with fire burning inside. Glass blower takes molten glass from the furnace and starts blowing it. Various shots of scientific glass instruments being blown and made by hand.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] A man filling up furnace with fire burning inside. Glass blower takes molten glass from the furnace and starts blowing it. Various shots of scientific glass instruments being blown and made by hand.
[November 27th, 1945] The Bob Hope Radio Show
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The Bob Hope Radio Show
[November 27th, 1945] Sidney Alderman at the podium, Joseph Dainow seated to the left
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Sidney Alderman at the podium, Joseph Dainow seated to the left
[November 27th, 1945] Medical commission at Nuremberg finds Rudolf Hess "not insane in strict sense" but suffering memory loss and suicidal tendencies. Soviet report notes he attempted suicide with a knife near his heart. Commission warns his memory loss may impair his defense.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Medical commission at Nuremberg finds Rudolf Hess "not insane in strict sense" but suffering memory loss and suicidal tendencies. Soviet report notes he attempted suicide with a knife near his heart. Commission warns his memory loss may impair his defense.
[November 27th, 1945] Buffalo sergeant describes atomic bombing of Nagasaki after 11 months training. Three B-29s took off Aug 9, 1945. Storm separated planes; primary target Kokura was cloud-covered. Mission killed 60,000 people. He called results "astounding" despite moral reservations.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Buffalo sergeant describes atomic bombing of Nagasaki after 11 months training. Three B-29s took off Aug 9, 1945. Storm separated planes; primary target Kokura was cloud-covered. Mission killed 60,000 people. He called results "astounding" despite moral reservations.
[November 27th, 1945] Abdul Takes His Last Licks (Franklin News-Herald)
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Abdul Takes His Last Licks (Franklin News-Herald)
[November 27th, 1945] Harry F. Olson recieves a patent for his Acoustic Stephoscope
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Harry F. Olson recieves a patent for his Acoustic Stephoscope
[November 27th, 1945] The thriller film noir "My Name Is Julia Ross", directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and starring Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready, is released in theaters.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The thriller film noir "My Name Is Julia Ross", directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and starring Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready, is released in theaters.
[November 27th, 1945] President Harry S. Truman appoints General George C. Marshall as special envoy to China, tasking the WWII hero with mediating the civil war between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
[November 27th, 1945] President Harry S. Truman appoints General George C. Marshall as special envoy to China, tasking the WWII hero with mediating the civil war between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists.
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Happy return to a peace-time Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy return to a peace-time Thanksgiving!
[November 27th, 1945] Hannie Schaft was reburied in a state funeral at the Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal, where her remains were laid to rest among other resistance fighters.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
[November 27th, 1945] Hannie Schaft was reburied in a state funeral at the Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal, where her remains were laid to rest among other resistance fighters.
[November 27th, 1945] The German painter Georg Scholz died in Waldkirch, Germany. He was 55. He was a prominent figure in the New Objectivity movement. Here are some of his works:
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The German painter Georg Scholz died in Waldkirch, Germany. He was 55. He was a prominent figure in the New Objectivity movement. Here are some of his works:
[November 27th, 1945] A general view far from the center of the explosion of the optical axis of the camera is combined with the hypocrostrian, Hiroshima, Japan
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[November 27th, 1945] A general view far from the center of the explosion of the optical axis of the camera is combined with the hypocrostrian, Hiroshima, Japan
[November 27th, 1945] The Slinky, a coiled spring toy, goes on sale for the first time at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia, with 400 units sold within 90 minutes and 22,000 by the end of the 1945 holiday season.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The Slinky, a coiled spring toy, goes on sale for the first time at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia, with 400 units sold within 90 minutes and 22,000 by the end of the 1945 holiday season.
[November 27th, 1945] The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball's racial barrier. A former Army officer, Robinson will become the first Black player in Major League Baseball, paving the way for future diversity in the sport. (Look Magazine)
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
[November 27th, 1945] The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball's racial barrier. A former Army officer, Robinson will become the first Black player in Major League Baseball, paving the way for future diversity in the sport. (Look Magazine)
[November 26th, 1945] The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in organized baseball, in 1945. A standout athlete and former Army lieutenant, Robinson was assigned to Montreal's minor league team, with the chance to join the Dodgers if he performed well.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
[November 26th, 1945] The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in organized baseball, in 1945. A standout athlete and former Army lieutenant, Robinson was assigned to Montreal's minor league team, with the chance to join the Dodgers if he performed well.
[November 26th, 1945] A 3-cent postage stamp honoring the late Alfred E. Smith, former New York Governor, was released in New York with a ceremony attended by Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, and others.
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
[November 26th, 1945] A 3-cent postage stamp honoring the late Alfred E. Smith, former New York Governor, was released in New York with a ceremony attended by Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, and others.
[November 26th, 1945] Emperor Hirohito urged the Japanese Diet to pass democratic reforms, including women's suffrage and labor rights, as part of General MacArthur's post-war reforms.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
[November 26th, 1945] Emperor Hirohito urged the Japanese Diet to pass democratic reforms, including women's suffrage and labor rights, as part of General MacArthur's post-war reforms.
[November 26th, 1945] During the Indian Labour Conference held in New Delhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in his capacity as the Labour Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, emphasized the urgent need for progressive labour welfare legislation in India and advocated for raising Indian labour standards to
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[November 26th, 1945] During the Indian Labour Conference held in New Delhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in his capacity as the Labour Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, emphasized the urgent need for progressive labour welfare legislation in India and advocated for raising Indian labour standards to
[November 26th, 1945] A school bus carrying 15 children and driver Jack Randle plunged through a snowy bank into Lake Chelan, Washington, killing all 16 aboard.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
[November 26th, 1945] A school bus carrying 15 children and driver Jack Randle plunged through a snowy bank into Lake Chelan, Washington, killing all 16 aboard.
[November 26th, 1945] Astrid Lindgren publishes her Swedish children's novel "Pippi Longstocking"
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
[November 26th, 1945] Astrid Lindgren publishes her Swedish children's novel "Pippi Longstocking"
[November 26th, 1945] Landscape looking north showing fire stop, Hiroshima
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
[November 26th, 1945] Landscape looking north showing fire stop, Hiroshima