The last major battle of WWII took place.
The Battle of Berlin began on this day in the capital of Nazi Germany.
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Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.