1934: The 9.45-inch, 14.1 lb "Pearl of Lao Tzu" is found by a diver in a giant clam in the Palawan Sea.
1945: Nazi Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at General Eisenhower's HQ in Rheims, France.
1954: The Viet Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu, effectively ending French involvement in Indochina.
1965: White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK.
1971: The Concorde, the world's first supersonic passenger plane, takes off for a 75-minute publicity flight to Toulouse carrying the french president on board.
1976: Italy's worst earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless.
1945: Nazi Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at General Eisenhower's HQ in Rheims, France.
1954: The Viet Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu, effectively ending French involvement in Indochina.
1965: White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK.
1971: The Concorde, the world's first supersonic passenger plane, takes off for a 75-minute publicity flight to Toulouse carrying the french president on board.
1976: Italy's worst earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless.
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