On this day :
1945 VE Day is celebrated in America and Britain, 1792 Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law, 1956 Henry Ford II leaves post at Ford Foundation, 1864 Lee beats Grant to Spotsylvania, 1984 Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics, 1988 Woman convicted for tampering with Excedrin, 1950 Flash floods in Nebraska kill 23, 1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi, 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends, 1984 Soviets to boycott LA Olympics, 1963 Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie Dr No, 2010 Betty White becomes oldest Saturday Night Live host, 1899 Yeats The Countess Cathleen opens at the Irish Literary Theatre, 1976 The theme song from Welcome Back Kotter is the 1 song in America, 1846 Zachary Taylor fights the Battle of Palo Alto, 1884 Harry S Truman is born, 1970 Knicks beat Lakers for NBA title, 1970 Nixon defends invasion of Cambodia, 1972 Mining of North Vietnamese harbors is announced, 1919 New celebration of Armistice Day proposed, 1945 Victory in Europe,
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