April 22nd 1915: For the first time the German army uses chlorine gas as a deadly poisonous gas against its enemies near Ypres, Belgium. Its employment had a devastating effect. In total, the...

On April 23rd 1976: The Palace of the Republic at the Schlossplatz, then Marx-Engels-Platz, in Berlin is inaugurated. The building becomes a symbol of the GDR. It was erected from1973 to 1976, on...

April 25th 1945: American and Soviet armed forces meet in Torgau on the banks of the Elbe, and celebrate their brotherhood for the cameras. Called "Elbe day" in the U.S., was to symbolize the unity...

On April 26th, 1986 a turbine failure occurs in block 4 of the "Lenin" - Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Six seconds after the emergency shut off it comes to a worst case scenario situation (super...

April 26th 1925. Paul von Hindenburg, Field Marshal and hero of World War I, is elected the new President of Germany. He is a controversial figure. His past binds him closely to right-wing parties,...

During the night of April 28th 1969 the French President Charles de Gaulle resigns. The student protests and general strike of 1968 stirred up French society and unleashed a wave of...

April 29th 1945: Dachau is liberated by the Americans. The U.S. Army moves against the city nearby Munich and the infamous concentration camp, with two infantry divisions. The camp was abandoned by...

On April 30th, 1975, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces capture Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Panic breaks out. Many escape to the U.S. embassy trying to flee. But from there, only the...

April 30th 1945: The day after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, U.S. troops advance into the Bavarian capital of Munich. For the inhabitants the invasion meant the end of the Nazi...

May 6th, 1937: During a landing approach at Lakehurst, New Jersey near New York, the German zeppelin ‘LZ 129 Hindenburg’ burst into flames. The disaster was a turning point in the history of...