73 The Romans occupy Masada, finding that the garrison has committed suicide
1399 Pope Boniface IX proclaims a Crusade against Count Onorato I of Fondi
1501 Ermes Bentivoglio (19) initiates a massacre of the Marescotti at Bologna
1598 Treaty of Vervins: Spanish & French make peace
1645 Battle of Mergentheim: Franz von Mercy's Imperialists defeat Turenne's French
1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: ends French "War of Devolution" (1667-1668) to annex the Spanish Netherlands
1703 Portugal and England renew their ancient alliance
1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to the American rebels
1808 Madrid rises against the French, igniting the Peninsular War, and inspiring Goya
1813 Battle of Lutzen: Napoleon defeats the Russo-Prussians
1848 Battle of Chiapuzza: Italian Nationalists defeat the Austrians
1863 Stonewall Jackson is wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, dies May 10th
1912 Flying a Short S38 'amphibian' Lt. Charles R. Samson, RN, becomes the first man to take off from a moving ship, battleship HMS 'Hibernia'
1933 Hitler bans labor unions in Germany, as Nazi Storm troopers sack union offices and collect records
1934 Nazis institute "People's Courts"
1942 USS 'Drum' (SS-228) sinks Japanese seaplane carrier 'Mizuho' off Honshu.
1943 Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin, Australia
1945 Berlin formally surrenders to the Red Army -- Learn MoresVA
1945 German forces in Italy surrender
1945 Hungary's Crown of St. Stephen is entrusted to the U.S., which returns it to Hungary in 1978
1953 Hussein bin Talal is installed as King Hussein of Jordan (1953-2000)
1964 US Aircraft Transport 'Card' (ex CVE-11) sunk by Viet Cong UDT at Saigon
1982 Falklands War: sub HMS 'Conqueror' sinks Argentine CL 'Belgrano', c. 300 die
1997 Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain (1997-2007)
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