Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is March 7. A turning point in World War II occurred on this date in 1945. The U.S. 1st Army captured the only bridge across the Rhine River that had not been blown up by the Germans. It marked the beginning of the Allied advance into Germany. World War II ended in Europe two months later on May 8. Advertisement U.S. troops began heading home from the Persian Gulf region on this date in 1991 after driving Iraq out of neighboring Kuwait. Unlike Vietnam-era soldiers from some 20 years earlier, they were welcomed home with huge celebrations and ticker-tape parades. Another dry run for the moon landing. On this day in 1969, two of the three Apollo-9 astronauts test flew their lunar module around the main spacecraft while in Earth orbit, then linked the two together again. He wasn't "the Boss" back then. It was on this date in 1973 that a then-unknown Bruce Springsteen starred in a showcase at Max's Kansas City club in New York City. In the audience -- CBS Records talent scout John Hammond. The man who signed Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan would also sign Springsteen to a long-term recording contract. Advertisement We now return you to the present, already in progress.
