1910 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy.
1916 At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare.
1916 Ned Daly, Willie Pearse, Michael O'Hanrahan and Joseph Plunkett are executed by British authorities following the Easter Rising, at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.
1917 A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England.
1945 German forces in Bavaria surrender unconditionally to American commander Jacob L. Devers.
1945 German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Luneburg Heath.
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1982 British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands: 20 of her crew died.
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger.
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