On this day in history
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1497: John Cabot's expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlantic.
1536: Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London.
1670: King Charles II gives royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company.
1776: France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels.
1865: US President Andrew Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis.
1918: General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1920: First game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis.
1932: Jack Benny's first radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network).
1933: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
1939: Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak.
1941: FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1.
1945: German army in Italy surrenders.
1945: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin.
1949: Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman".
1962: US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
1994: Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides.
2000: Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000. The monument symbolically links Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II.
