On This Day in History May 2, 2020

Historical Events 1945  More than 1,000,000 German soldiers officially surrender to the Western Allies in Italy and Austria 1945  World War II: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders 1949  Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" 1982  Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 2008  Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless 2011  Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Abraham Gesner (1797 - 1864) Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796) The Red Baron (1892 - 1918) The Rock 48th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Osama bin Laden (1957 - 2011) More Famous Deaths