The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg convicted 19 Nazi leaders, sentencing 12 to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ten senior Nazi officials convicted at the Nuremberg trials were hanged in a Nuremberg prison gymnasium for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Doctors' Trial began in Nuremberg, prosecuting 23 Nazi physicians for human experimentation and mass murder disguised as medical research.

The United Nations General Assembly created UNICEF to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries devastated by the Second World War.

Viet Minh forces launched coordinated attacks on French garrisons and infrastructure in Hanoi, igniting the First Indochina War that would last eight years.