April 29, 1429 Joan of Arc leads French troops to victory over the English at Orleans during the Hundred Years’ War. Legend has it that King Charles VII of France had a suit of armor made for Joan at a cost of 100 war horses.

April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun, in his Fuhrerbunker as Russian troops approach Berlin. Karl Donitz became his successor. Their bodies were cremated and their remai