Historical Events
- British commandos attack Elbe & occupy Lauenburg
- US 5th army reaches Swiss border
Famous Birthdays
- Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
Famous Deaths
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), shot by communist partisans at 61

Benito Mussolini
- Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
- Hans Bloesch, writer, dies
- Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)