1915

Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby.

1945

President Harry S. Truman announced that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, and that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe.”

1973

Militant American Indians who had held Wounded Knee, South Dakota for 10 weeks surrendered.

The Soviet Union announced it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

South Africa adopted a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and Whites.