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World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.
World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. The Battle of Dunkirk begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down th�
World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded.
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.