Digistoria - cele mai importante evenimente petrecute pe 23 august

On August 23, 1944, King Michael I arrested dictator Ion Antonescu, leading Romania to exit the Nazi alliance and shortening the war. The Romanian army began fighting against German forces, which retaliated by bombing the Royal Palace. This act is credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives. In 1939, the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed, dividing Europe between Germany and the Soviet Union, shocking the world. In 1954, the first flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft took place in the U.S., a versatile plane still in use today.