1884 - Harry S. Truman born
1895 - Bishop Fulton Sheen born
1903 - Artist Paul Gauguin dies
1915 - The Lusitania torpedoed by Germans
1926 - Don Rickles born
1940 - Rick Nelson and Peter Benchley born
1943 - Toni Tennille born
1945 - VE Day, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has officially announces the end of the war with Germany.
1964 - Melissa Gilbert born
1968 - The Kray twins, Reginald and Ronnie aged 34, and their 41-year-old brother Charlie have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a series of dawn raids in London.
1969 - Robert M. Hensel born
1972 - Darren Hayes born
1975 - Enrique Iglesias born
1978 - David 'Son of Sam' Berkowitz, the man alleged to have murdered six people in a killing spree last year has pleaded guilty to all the charges against him.
1984 - Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR announces it is boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern Bloc will follow suit.
2000 - The Tate Modern art gallery in London opens its doors to the world's media ahead of the official opening by the Queen on May 11.
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