Austrian-born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (died 1945)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout the ensuing conflict, Hitler was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and was central to the perpetration of the genocide of about six million Jews in the Holocaust as well as the deaths of millions of other victims.

Born

1889

April 20

Died

1945

Era

1880s

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1889 Born
1945 Died

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1152 After an eight-year conflict, Baldwin III of Jerusalem wins sole control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende.
1303 The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
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1535 A complex halo display is observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the Vädersolstavlan ("The Sundog painting"), the earliest depiction of such an event, and the oldest colour depiction of the city.

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The world in 1945

When Adolf departed

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Alexander Lebed 1950–2002 Russian general and politician (died 2002) Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Donald Pettit 1955– American engineer and astronaut Joan Miró 1893–1983 Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1983) Mikey Welsh 1971–2011 American bassist and painter (died 2011) Napoleon III 1808–1873 French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (died 1873) Philippe Pinel 1745–1826 French physician and psychiatrist (died 1826) Yoko Matsuoka 1916– Japanese writer (died 1979)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1889

Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1889–1967 substitute president of Mexico (1932–1934) (born 1889) Adrian Boult 1889–1983 English conductor (died 1983) Alexander Mair 1889–1969 Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969) Ante Pavelić 1889–1959 Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889) Gabriela Mistral 1889–1957 Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) Gao Qifeng 1889–1933 Chinese painter (died 1933) Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964 Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889) John Reith 1889–1971 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (died 1971) Kim Chwa-chin 1889– South Korean guerrilla leader (died 1930)

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