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THE BEGINNING OF THE END ON THIS DAY IN 1973
SETTLEMENT ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1607
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia that was established by the
Virginia Company of London as "James Fort", named for King James I of England. It
was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. It would serve
as capital of the colony for 83 years (from 1616 until 1699).
HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER ON THIS DAY IN 1940
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured.
Churchill giving his famous V-sign at his No. 10 Downing
Street residence.
VICTORY IN EUROPE ON THIS DAY IN 1945
VE Day in New York’s Times Square.
Victory in Europe Day, also known as VE Day, commemorates the date when the
World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed
forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The formal
surrender of the occupying German forces in the Channel Islands was not until
9 May 1945. Celebrations erupted throughout the western world, from Moscow
to New York upon hearing of the surrender.
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