On this day in 1945, during World War II, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces began fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
On this day in 1946, the Bank of England was nationalized.
On this day in 1966, the Australian currency was decimalized.
On this day in 2004, Taiwan held it first debate between presidential candidates.
And on this day in 2005, YouTube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.