04/30/1980
United Kingdom – Seizure of Iranian Embassy

04/30/1975
Vietnam – Fall of Saigon

05/01/1945
Germany, Federal Republic of
Hitler`s Suicide Announced

05/01/1993
Sri Lanka
President Premadasa Assassinated
A suicide bomber assassinated president Ranasinghe Premadasa during May Day celebrations in Colombo.

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