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India: Cyclone kills approx. 40,000 in Bengal.
Diary for Monday, April 16, 1945: Russian Front ZHUKOV OPENS OFFENSIVE ON BERLIN. Western Front Canadians take Groningen; Americans enter Nuremberg. Okinawa Americans land on…
Diary for Tuesday, April 16, 1940: Sea War German U-boat U-1 sunk by British submarine Porpoise, off Stavanger. Politics Norwegian White Paper on German invasion:…
Diary for Friday, April 16, 1915: Politics Austria: Government finds Italy’s territory proposals mainly unacceptable. Western Front Artois: Unsuccessful German attacks at Notre-Dame de Lorette.…