Robert Browning 1812 - Poet, married to poet Elizabeth Barrett
- 1915 - The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine. Nearly 2,000 people were killed.
- 1926 - A U.S. report showed that one-third of the nation's exports were motors.
- 1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
- 1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It went into effect the next day.
- 1975 - U.S. President Ford declared an end to the "Vietnam era."
- 1977 - Rookie Janet Guthrie set the fastest time on opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500. Her time was 185.607.
- 1998 - Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler Corp. for close to $40 billion. It was the largest industrial merger on record.
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