| | 1862 | Second day of the Battle of Shiloh. Reinforced, Grant counter-attacks defeating Confederates. To that date, The Battle of Shiloh was the largest battle in U.S. Military History -- this would soon change. |
| | 1915 | German submarine sinks passenger liner Lusitania. |
| | 1942 | British capture Diego Suarez, Madagascar, from Vichy French. |
| | 1942 | "Scratch one flattop." Message radioed back to carrier U.S.S. Yorktown indicating destruction of Japanese light carrier Shoho during the battle of the Coral Sea, first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft. |
| | 1943 | Allied conquest of Tunisia completed by capture of Tunis and Bizerta by U.S. II Corps. |
| | 1945 | Germany surrenders to Allies. |
| | 1954 | French surrender at Dien Bien Phu, North Vietnam. |