1916 Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising.
1940 Norwegian King Haakon & government flee to Britain.
1945 Conscientious objector Desmond Doss saves 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge. Later depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Hacksaw Ridge".
1945 US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany.
1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals.
1975 Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war.
1990 Wrecking cranes begin tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.
1997 Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force; agreement outlaws production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
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