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World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.
World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. The Battle of Dunkirk begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down th�
World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.