(Saturday, May 4, 1985) — “Obsession” by Animotion peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Obsession’ by Animotion peaks at #6 in USA 40 years ago today (May 4 1985)
Daily Archives: May 4, 2025
German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany, and Denmark surrender 80 years ago this hour (May 4 1945)
Video: 'Germans Surrender to Montgomery (1945)'
(Friday, May 4, 1945, 6:30 p.m. CEST; on the Western Front of World War II) — German forces in northwestern Europe laid down their arms today following the formal surrender to British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery at his headquarters on Lüneburg Heath. Continue reading German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany, and Denmark surrender 80 years ago this hour (May 4 1945)
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‘All She Wants to Do Is Dance’ by Don Henley peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (May 4 1985)
(Saturday, May 4, 1985) — “All She Wants to Do Is Dance” by Don Henley peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘All She Wants to Do Is Dance’ by Don Henley peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago today (May 4 1985)
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Nazi concentration camp Neuengamme liberated 80 years ago today (May 4 1945)
Video: 'KZ Neuengamme Concentration Camp (Short Film)'
(Friday, May 4, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Neuengamme concentration camp, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp located near the village of Neuengamme in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany, was liberated today by British forces. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Neuengamme liberated 80 years ago today (May 4 1945)
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Conference on use of chemical, biological weapons in war opens in Geneva 100 years ago today (May 4 1925)
Video: 'Gas warfare in the First World War'
(Monday, May 4, 1925) — An international conference opened today in Geneva to forge an agreement against the use of chemical and biological weapons in war; the Geneva Protocol was signed on June 17, 1925 and went into force in 1928.
