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In 1946, the brutal beating of Black army sergeant Isaac Woodard by a South Carolina police chief sparked national outrage and influenced civil rights legislation.
On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Allied forces close in on the city.
Five million people gathered in Moscow to see Joseph Stalin's body after his death on March 5, 1953, as the world faced uncertainty about the future.
The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with a broad mandate to conduct covert operations and gather intelligence to protect U.S. interests.
Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. conducted 23 nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll, displacing local communities and rendering the islands uninhabitable.
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by atomic bombs, marking a decisive moment in World War II.
Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam's independence on September 2, 1945, borrowing language from the American Declaration of Independence.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 1929, and became a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement advocating for nonviolence.
The Bill of Rights was put on view in the National Archives rotunda in 1932, long before it was exhibited alongside the Constitution in 1952.
Bill of Rights Day, observed on December 15, marks the 228th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791.
