On this Date in 1945...

...World War II: Fuhrerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.  Officially marking the worst honeymoon in history.

On this Date in 1429...

...Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.  Apparently, they really had to pee.

On this Date in 1192...

...assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.  His modus operandi was to force the king to say his name five times fast, which induced a stroke and a heart attack at same time, ultimately killing the king.

On this Date in 1509...

...Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.  Though, how he was able to create his own gravity well is still a mystery.

On this Date in 1937...

...Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika) in Basque, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.  Shouts of "Hey, we're Neutral!" apparently had no effect.

On this Date in 1607...

...Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.  The Spanish were distracted by the fact that the Dutch sailed huge windmills into the straight, thus the Spanish were easily defeated.

On this Date in 1990...

...Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.  Though upon garnering a reaction from residents the official response was: "What, we were under quarantine?"