1789

George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.

1945

As Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler took his own life, as did his wife of one day, Eva Braun.

1973

President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired.

1975

The Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.