It happened today – April 30. South Vietnam surrenders to the Vietcong

[1945 – Adolf H*tler and his wife Eva Braun ended their lives by suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin.

1975 – In South Vietnam, President Duong Van Minh announced an unconditional surrender to the Vietcong, ending the longest armed conflict of the 20th century.

1997 – The leader of the Labor Party in Great Britain, Tony Blair, ends one of the longest election campaigns in history with his deputy, John Prescott.

1998 – Secessionist rebels have signed a permanent ceasefire with the government of Papua New Guinea, ending a nine-year insurgency on the island of Bougainville.

1999 – The army of the Indian Ocean Comoros Islands seized power to preserve the republic’s unity in the face of a secession crisis.

2000 – The Dalai Lama inaugurates the Tibetan Museum on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his arrival in Dharamsala.

2000 – The canonization of Faustina Kowalska is celebrated throughout the world.

2009 – Automaker Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

2013 – Dutch King Willem-Alexander is invested in Amsterdam.

2014 – A mass is celebrated at the Imola Grand Prix in memory of Formula 1 drivers Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, to mark the 20th anniversary of their deaths.

2016 – Champion jet ski pilot Franky Zapata sets a new world record for the longest hoverboard flight.

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