This day in history...
V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain, 1945
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law, 1792
AUTOMOTIVE
Henry Ford II leaves post at Ford Foundation, 1956
CIVIL WAR
Lee beats Grant to Spotsylvania, 1864
COLD WAR
Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics, 1984
CRIME
Woman convicted for tampering with Excedrin, 1988
DISASTER
Flash floods in Nebraska kill 23, 1950
GENERAL INTEREST
De Soto reaches the Mississippi, 1541
AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends, 1973
Soviets to boycott L.A. Olympics, 1984
HOLLYWOOD
Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, Dr. No, 1963
Betty White becomes oldest Saturday Night Live host, 2010
LITERARY
Yeats' The Countess Cathleen opens at the I...

This day in history...
V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain, 1945
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law, 1792
AUTOMOTIVE
Henry Ford II leaves post at Ford Foundation, 1956
CIVIL WAR
Lee beats Grant to Spotsylvania, 1864
COLD WAR
Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics, 1984
CRIME
Woman convicted for tampering with Excedrin, 1988
DISASTER
Flash floods in Nebraska kill 23, 1950
GENERAL INTEREST
De Soto reaches the Mississippi, 1541
AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends, 1973
Soviets to boycott L.A. Olympics, 1984
HOLLYWOOD
Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, Dr. No, 1963
Betty White becomes oldest Saturday Night Live host, 2010
LITERARY
Yeats' The Countess Cathleen opens at the Irish Literary Theatre, 1899
MUSIC
The theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter is the #1 song in America, 1976
OLD WEST
Zachary Taylor fights the Battle of Palo Alto, 1846
PRESIDENTIAL
Harry S. Truman is born, 1884
SPORTS
Knicks beat Lakers for NBA title, 1970
VIETNAM WAR
Nixon defends invasion of Cambodia, 1970
Mining of North Vietnamese harbors is announced, 1972
WORLD WAR I
New celebration of Armistice Day proposed, 1919
WORLD WAR II
Victory in Europe, 1945