1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America.
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wisconson.
1945 Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) calls for crusade against the Bolsheviks.
1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin.
1945 Soviet Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp.
1945 Record 48 U-boats sunk by the Allies this month.
1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his new wife Eva Braun in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin as the Red Army captures the city.
1975 North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War.
1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London.
1993 The World Wide Web source code is released by CERN, making the software freely available to all.
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