1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
1945 Battle of Berlin ends as the Soviet army storms the capital, forcing German commander of the city general Helmuth Weidling to surrender.
1945 More than 1,000,000 German soldiers officially surrender to the Western Allies in Italy and Austria.
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by British submarine HMS 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 US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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