1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
1483 - Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.
1587 - Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
1672 - Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
1861 - American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
1862 - American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
1916 - Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
1945 - World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
1945 - World War II - Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his long time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
1945 - The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
1951 - Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
1970 - Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
1992 - Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
2011 - Wedding of HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton (HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) in Westminster Abbey.
Famous Birthdays
1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, dancer, founder of modern ballet
1769 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1863 - Blessed Maria Theresa Ledochowska, nun
1868 - Alice Keppel, socialite and mistress of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
1876 - Zewditu I, Empress of Ethiopia
1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
1912 - Richard Carlson, actor
1933 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
1934 - Pedro Pires, 3rd President of Cape Verde
1944 - HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
1970 - Andre Agassi, tennis player
1970 - Uma Thurman, actress
1977 - David Sullivan, actor
1980 - Kian Egan, singer-songwriter and musician
1987 - Sara Errani, tennis player
1992 - Emilio Orozco, footballer
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