TODAY IN HISTORY

1945

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin concluded their conference in Yalta, on the Crimean Peninsula.

1990

Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years.

2011

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ceded power in response to mass protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, bringing nearly 30 years of rule to a close.

2013

The Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI’s intention to step down as leader of the Catholic Church.