On April 29, 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British forces.

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of assault and using excessive force in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King. Following the verdicts, six days of rioting in Los Angeles destroyed hundreds of businesses and resulted in ,more than 60 deaths.

In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed “divisive and destructive” remarks on race.

In 2011, Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey.