1915 German U-20 captures and sinks Britsih schooner Earl of Lathom.
1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp in Austria liberated by US forces from 41st Reconnaissance Squadron.
1945 World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
1948 First squadron of jet aircraft aboard a carrier (VF-17A with FH-1 Phantoms) on board the light carrier Saipan (CVL 48).
1955 West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers.
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building.
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