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The exact time of some historical events

Unless otherwise specified, the time is local (i.e., the time used in the location where the event took place)

• 1914-06-28 11:15
  In Sarajevo (Serbia), Gavrilo Princip fires a shot at Franz Ferdinand; the subsequent development of events over the next month leads to the start of World War I (July 28, 1914)
• 1918-11-11 11:00
  The Armistice of Compiègne comes into effect (the official end of World War I), signed in France
• 1939-09-01 04:45
  The exact time (Central European Time) of the beginning of World War II: the German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" opens fire on a military base on the Westerplatte Peninsula near the Polish city of Gdańsk (then Danzig)
• 1945-08-05 23:01
  The end of the war in Europe: the German Instrument of Surrender comes into effect
• 1945-07-16 05:29
  Operation Trinity – the first test of an atomic bomb (Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, USA)
• 1945-08-06 08:15
  The American bomber Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima (Japan)
• 1945-08-09 11:02
  The atomic bomb Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki (Japan)
• 1945-09-02 09:02
  The signing ceremony of Japanese Instrument of Surrender – World War II is over
• 1963-11-22 12:30
  The assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas (Texas, USA)
• 1967-09-03 04:50
  Dagen H – the moment Sweden switched from left-hand to right-hand traffic
• 1978-06-06 00:00
  The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals entered into force
• 1989-11-09 23:00 (approximately)
  The initial opening of crossings, followed by the physical dismantling of the Berlin Wall (overnight into November 10)
• 2005-04-02 21:37
  The death of Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)
• 2022-02-24 03:40
  The beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops

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