1914 Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during WW1.
1943 Italy surrenders to Allies in WWII.
1944 First V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp.
1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged.
1994 Last US, British & French troops leave West Berlin.
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