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<!--- 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day. 1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are formally liberated by the British. 1946 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II. 1949 - Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. 1950 - Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. 1950 - L. Ron Hubbard publishes his book on Dianetics, entitled "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. 1955 - Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. 1955 - Sam and Friends debuts on a local U.S. television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and the Muppets. 1956 - First ascent of Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain. 1960 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves sale of the birth control pill. 1965 - Pianist Vladimir Horowitz gave his first public recital since 1953, at Carnegie Hall. 1970 - Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters peacefully demonstrate behind a barricaded White House. 1974 - Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon. 1980 - In Florida, Liberian freighter SS Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay sending 35 people (most in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses. 1980 - In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunman and two police officers were killed while thirty-three police and civilian vehicles were destroyed in the chase. 1980 - The first meeting of Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Ghana. 1987 - A Polish LOT Ilyushin IŁ 62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG). crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people. 1988 - The new Australian Parliament House opens in Canberra. 1992 - At 5:18 a.m. ADT The Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia experiences a methane explosion killing all 26 miners who were working. 1992 - Armenian forces capture Shusha in the Karabakh War, marking a major turning point in that conflict. 1994 - Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. 1998 - Dana International, a transsexual Israeli singer wins the Eurovision Song Contest. 1999 - On Mother's Day, a bus carrying 43 mostly elderly passengers to a Mississippi casino crashes on Interstate 610 in New Orleans, LA when the driver apparently passes out. Twenty-two passengers die. 2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected militants among them deported to several different countries. 2002 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130. 2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a landmine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. 2004 - The Canadian national team wins the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague. 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is selected as the successor of Pope John Paul II. 2006 - 2 miners, Todd Russell and Brant Webb, were freed after 14 days trapped underground in a goldmine at Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. 2006 - Estonia ratifies the European Constitution. --->