1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe."
1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River.
1794 - Antoine Lavoisier (lah-vwahz-YAY'), the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France's Reign of Terror.
1846 - the first major battle of the Mexican-American War was fought at Palo Alto, Texas; U.S. forces led by Gen. Zachary Taylor were able to beat back the Mexican forces.
1884 - the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born in Lamar, Mo.
1958 - Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru.
1962 - the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opened on Broadway.
1970 - antiwar protests took place across the United States and around the world; in New York, construction workers broke up a demonstration on Wall Street.
1973 - militant American Indians who'd held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for ten weeks surrendered.
1978 - David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with the "Son of Sam" shootings that had terrified New Yorkers.
1984 - the Soviet Union announced it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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