1910 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy.
1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare.
1945 German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Luneburg Heath.
1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Nazi SS officer in the Netherlands Hans Rauter of Crimes against Humanity (executed 24 March 1949)
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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