1945: The U.S. Eighth Air Force bombs Dresden.
Also today in history:
1776: Thanks to Col. Henry Knox's logistic feat of bringing in the guns of Fort Ticonderoga, Maj. Gen. George Washington's Continental Army begins its bombardment of Boston.
1865: What remains of Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's tattered Army of the Valley is effectively finished off in the Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia.
1991: The Battle of Rumaila oil field brings the First Gulf War to an end.