73 The Romans occupy Masada, finding that the garrison has committed suicide

1399 Pope Boniface IX proclaims a Crusade against Count Onorato I of Fondi

1501 Ermes Bentivoglio (19) initiates a massacre of the Marescotti at Bologna

1598 Treaty of Vervins: Spanish & French make peace

1645 Battle of Mergentheim: Franz von Mercy's Imperialists defeat Turenne's French

1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: ends French "War of Devolution" (1667-1668) to annex the Spanish Netherlands

1703 Portugal and England renew their ancient alliance

1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to the American rebels

1808 Madrid rises against the French, igniting the Peninsular War, and inspiring Goya

1813 Battle of Lutzen: Napoleon defeats the Russo-Prussians

1848 Battle of Chiapuzza: Italian Nationalists defeat the Austrians

1863 Stonewall Jackson is wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, dies May 10th

1912 Flying a Short S38 'amphibian' Lt. Charles R. Samson, RN, becomes the first man to take off from a moving ship, battleship HMS 'Hibernia'

1933 Hitler bans labor unions in Germany, as Nazi Stormtroopers sack union offices and collect records

1934 Nazis institute "People's Courts"

1942 USS 'Drum' (SS-228) sinks Japanese seaplane carrier 'Mizuho' off Honshu.

1943 Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin, Australia

1945 Berlin formally surrenders to the Red Army

1945 German forces in Italy surrender

1945 Hungary's Crown of St. Stephen is entrusted to the U.S., which returns it to Hungary in 1978

1953 Hussein bin Talal is installed as King Hussein of Jordan (1953-2000)

1964 US Aircraft Transport 'Card' (ex CVE-11) sunk by Viet Cong UDT at Saigon

1982 Falklands War: sub HMS 'Conqueror' sinks Argentine CL 'Belgrano', c. 300 die

1997 Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain (1997-2007)