1862 Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zara
goza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
1864 American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
1865 American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
1865 American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
1917 For his actions this day William Gosling was awarded the Victoria cross
"Owing to a faulty cartridge the bomb, after discharge, fell 10 yards from the mortar. Sergeant Gosling sprang out, lifted the nose of the bomb which had sunk into the ground, unscrewed the fuse and threw it on the ground, where it immediately exploded. This very gallant and prompt action undoubtedly saved the lives of the whole detachment"
1940 World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
1940 World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms
1944 German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura, Greece.
1945 War II: Denmark is liberated from German occupation by British forces.
1945 World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
1945 World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in t18he contiguous US during the war.
1945 World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
1970 U.S. forces capture Snoul, Cambodia
1972 North Vietnamese turn back South Vietnamese relief column
1980 The siege of the Iranian embassy in London is ended by the SAS.
1980 The siege of the Iranian embassy in London is ended by the SAS.
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