#OTD 1945: 'This is a solemn but glorious hour ... General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly all over Europe.” - President Harry Truman 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 #VEDay #VEDay 79

#OTD 1970: Five days after the shootings at #KentState , President #RichardNixon took a late night visit to the Lincoln Memorial and chatted with antiwar protesters who had begun to gather for a demonstration. washingtonian.com/2016/05/17/ric… … #USHistory

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#OTD 1954: The French-held #DienBienPhu garrison surrendered. Nearly 11,000 French troops were taken prisoner, many of whom would die in captivity. The French pulled out of the region and the US concerned about instability became increasingly committed to countering communist…

#OTD 1975: President #GeraldFord formally declared an end to the 'Vietnam Era” in the United States. vetfriends.com/blog/2014/05/v… #ColdWarHist #1970s

#OTD 1789: The first #inauguralball was held by sponsors in New York City, one week after the first inauguration of #GeorgeWashington .

#OTD 1945: German officials unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in France. General Alfred Jodi signed the instrument of surrender at General Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims. ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=…… #WWII #MilitaryHistory

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#OTD 1942: Lt. Gen. #JonathanWainwright reluctantly surrendered the US troops in the Philippines to the Japanese. All 11,500 surviving Allied troops were evacuated to a POW camp. Wainwright was a POW until 1945 and died in 1953 - eight years to the day of the Japanese surrender.…

#OTD 1970: On the #KentState campus, National Guardsmen looked at bullet marks in the turf of Blanket Hill. The men went through the area and marked everything that might have been a bullet mark for the ballistic experts. cincinnati.com/in-depth/news/… #KentState May4 #KentState Massacre

Looking forward to publishing day on April 28 for this book. I then think I’m going to take it easy on the new books for a while. #godwilling #tbrlist

#OTD 1937: The transatlantic flight of the German airship #Hindenburg ended in disaster when the vessel burst into flames in Lakehurst, NJ, killing 36 people.
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.co… #AviationHistory

#OTD 1970: Thousands of University of Washington students occupied and blocked interstate highway 5 and faced state troopers in riot gear as they protested the killings at #KentState and the invasion of Cambodia.
pophistorydig.com/topics/kent-st… #KentState May4

#OTD 1937: The transatlantic flight of the German airship #Hindenburg ended in disaster when the vessel burst into flames in Lakehurst, NJ, killing 36 people.
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.co… #AviationHistory

#OTD 1970: The shootings at #KentState caused an explosion of anger and outrage on college campuses. Over 400 colleges and high schools participated in the National Student Strike. obrag.org/2019/05/may-5-…… #KentState May4 #KentState Massacre

#OTD 1925: High school teacher #JohnScopes was arrested for teaching #evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. The arrest was according to plan: Scopes and a group of local businessmen had decided to provoke the indictment in order to challenge a new Tennessee law banning the teaching of…

#OTD 1955: #WestGermany became a sovereign state and a member of NATO, when the US, France, and Great Britain ended their military occupation. The USSR formed its own security alliance (Warsaw Pact) later that month. 20012009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/c……… #GermanHistory #ColdWarHist