The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.
Date: March 25, 1911
Deaths: 146
Location: Asch Building, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Non-fatal injuries: 78
On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the 700,000-strong Japanese army.
The Soviet invasion was the fulfillment of Stalin's promises made to British and American leaders at the Tehran and Yalta conferences to join the war against Japan after the defeat of Nazi Germany. The Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan and sends over one million Soviet soldiers to Japanese-occupied Manchuria in northeastern China to fight against a 700,000-strong Japanese army.
After the Cold War, Russia is effectively the most important internationally recognized successor state of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Ukraine has declared by law the successor state of both the Ukrainian SSR and the USSR, which are contested over former Soviet-owned property.
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