In the new-ish book “Our Dumb World” from The Onion, the “motto” given to Germany is “Genocide-free since April 11, 1946.” (You can see it on their website if you like; just click on any one of the icons in Germany on the map.) I’ve done a bit of Googling, but have been able to figure out what the significance of this date is. Any ideas, dopers?
Could it be a typo that was supposed to say 1945?
That would be my guess, too. According to Wikipedia, April 11, 1945, was the day Buchenwald was liberated.
Nobody likes to talk about that last year but, dammit, those deaths-head SS looked so damn sad and I defy anyone to say no to that face. Besides, their prison ballet troupe was really coming together and…
Dammit, I’ve said too much. Hope you all like Kazakhstan.
President Truman had a press conference (then called a news conference) that day. Nothing about Germany, but a fair bit about the budget and the United Nations, and a little bit about men’s shirts.
The Secretary of the Interior announced that 5 1/2 million fish had been distributed to farm ponds in the previous 12 months by the Fish & Wildlife Service.
The aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32) was commissioned.
The Catholic Church established a diocese in Hong Kong.
Nat King Cole had a record date in Hollywood.
In Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, it was snowing all day and roads bad.