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2018

President Trump withdraws the United States from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal.

2013

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.

2005

The Canadian War Museum opens its doors in Ottawa.

1984

Canadian Army Corporal Denis Lortie kills three people and wounds 13 others at the National Assembly in Quebec City. Upon his arrest, he admits that he wanted to destroy the Parti Québécois.

1982

Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed in a crash at over 225 km/h during a qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix.

1970

The Beatles release the album “Let It Be.”

1967

Muhammad Ali is charged with refusing to join the U.S. military.

1962

Oskar Schindler and his wife, Emilie Schindler, are honored for saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II.

1945

German General Wilhelm Keitel signs Germany’s instruments of surrender before representatives of the Allies (the United States, France, and the Soviet Union) in Berlin.