Devers.ġ948: The Hague Court of Justice convicts Nazi SS officer in the Netherlands Hans Rauter of crimes against humanity.ġ949: An airplane carrying AC Torino back from playing a friendly in Lisbon against Benfica crashes into the Basilica of Superga near Turin in bad weather, killing all 31 on board including 18 Torino players – most of the Italian national team – and their English manager Leslie Lievesley.ġ953: The Duke of Edinburgh is awarded his pilot’s “wings”.

On the same day, German forces in Bavaria surrender unconditionally to American commander Jacob L. 1471: The Battle of Tewkesbury, the final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster is killed and Edward IV is restored to his throne.ġ535: Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery are hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.ġ728: Handel’s opera “Tolomeo, re di Egitto” premieres in London.ġ776: Rhode Island in the US declares independence from Britain.ġ780: Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins the first Epsom Derby.ġ878: Thomas Edison’s Phonograph is shown for the first time.ġ896: First edition of the London Daily Mail.ġ904: Construction begins by the US on the Panama Canal.ġ917: A flotilla of US destroyers arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying ships to England.ġ924: VIII Summer Olympic Games open in Paris.ġ932: Al Capone enters Atlanta Penitentiary convicted of income tax evasion.ġ942: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces.ġ945: German forces in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands surrender unconditionally to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

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