Tim Russert 1950 - TV host ("Meet the Press")
- 1915 - The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine. Nearly 2,000 people were killed.
- 1939 - Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.
- 1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
- 1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It went into effect the next day.
- 1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded. The company was later renamed Sony.
- 1954 - French Colonial Forces surrendered to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu after 55 days of fighting.
- 1977 - Rookie Janet Guthrie set the fastest time on opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500. Her time was 185.607.
- 1992 - A 203-year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise was ratified as the 27th Amendment.
- 1998 - Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler Corp. for close to $40 billion. It was the largest industrial merger on record.
- 2000 - Russian President Vladimir V. Putin named First Deputy Premier Mikhail Kasyanov as premier.
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