1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC
1916 Germany ratifies bill bringing in Daylight Saving Time - first country in the world.
1920 The British Government ends military conscription.
1940 Air New Zealand then known as TEAL makes its inaugural flight with a flight from Auckland to Sydney. Later becomes 1st airline in the world to boil hot water in-flight to offer customers hot tea and coffee.
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms.
1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his new wife Eva Braun in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin as the Red Army captures the city.
1945 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) calls for crusade against the Bolsheviks.
1945 Record 48 U-boats sunk by the Allies this month.
1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin.
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