1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC
1920 The British Government ends military conscription.
1940 Air New Zealand then known as TEAL makes its inaugural flight with a flight from Auckland to Sydney. Later becomes 1st airline in the world to boil hot water in-flight to offer customers hot tea and coffee.
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his new wife Eva Braun in the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin as the Red Army captures the city.
1945 Record 48 U-boats sunk by the Allies this month.
1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin.
1945 Soviet Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp.
1975 North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War.
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