April 25, 1945: Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops met in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe. The Nazi occupation army surrendered and left Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement. This day is taken as symbolic of the Liberation of Italy. The last German troops retreated from Finland’s soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. 1976, Chicago Cubs outfielder, Rick Monday, rescued the American flag from two protestors who had run on to the field at Dodger Stadium. The two people covered the flag In lighter fluid but before the match was put to it, Monday sprinted in and grabbed it away from them.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:47:22 +0000