(Saturday, April 20, 1985) — “Nightshift” by the Commodores peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Allied forces take control of Nuremberg, Germany 70 years ago today (Apr 20 1945)
Video: 'April 20th, 1945 in Nuremberg'
(Friday, April 20, 1945, evening CEST; during the Battle of Nuremberg (1945), part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany during World War II) — the United States Seventh Army today captured the center of Nuremberg, Germany, the second largest city of Bavaria and the high shrine of the Nazi party, capturing the outskirts of Erlenstegen and Buch.
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Hitler briefly emerges from Berlin bunker on his birthday 70 years ago today (Apr 20 1945)
Image: Hitler as photographed on Mar. 20, 1945
(Friday, April 20, 1945; during the Battle of Berlin on the Eastern Front during World War II) — On his 56th birthday, German dictator Adolf Hitler left his Führerbunker to decorate a group of Hitler Youth soldiers in Berlin. It would be his last trip to the surface from his underground bunker.
That afternoon, Berlin was bombarded by Soviet artillery for the first time.
Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 21-Nemesis:Germany(February-May 1945)' (Apr. 20, 1945, at 23:45)
