1892 - The Red Baron [Manfred von Richthofen] was born today.
1945 - WWII: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders.
1982 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.
2011 - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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