[fugazi]

Also on this date, the U.S. military fires its first and only nuclear-tipped ballistic missile in the FRIGATE BIRD test.

[chajin]

1915: Just off the coast of southern Ireland, the submarine U-20 spots the massive ocean liner RMS Lusitania, steaming from New York and hoping to sneak through Germany's blockade of the British Isles . The U-boat fires a single torpedo at the ship and Lusitania sinks in just 18 minutes, taking 1,198 people - including 128 Americans - with her to the bottom.

This was "preserved" in a 1918 animation which was way ahead of its time in terms of animation techniques; it can be seen here.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The REALLY big thing that happened May 7:

May 7, 1945 2:41 a.m. at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in Rheims, France, German general Alfred Jodl signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces – one week after Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Bunker.

[Snickering Hound]

Shokaku was so damaged at Coral Sea that she almost sank returning to Japan after the battle.

And also missed out on the battle of Midway the next month.

[fella]

V-E Day My uncle are heading Japan next.

My other uncles are on Okinawa.

And Dad is being recalled from watching the Nazis in Bolivia.

[alternatives?]

I read the other day that the US government stopped newspaper ads purchased by the German government warning US citizens not to travel on the Lusitania. I think only an Iowa paper published the warning. Of course it was against the law for the US to be sending munitions to the British.

Without the US entry into WWI, the war likely would have ended in stalemate. Without harsh surrender terms likely no WWII.

This is what happens when the US government lies and violates the rule of law.