Today In History

Wed., May 7, 1997

1833: Composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.

1840: Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in the Ural region of Russia.

1915: Nearly 1,200 people died when a German torpedo sank the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast.

1945: Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II.

1975: President Ford formally declared an end to the “Vietnam era.” In Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, the Viet Cong staged a rally to celebrate their takeover.

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