In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave his “blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech to the British House of Commons as Germany’s conquest of France began.
In 1943, the German Afrika Korps surrendered to Allied forces in North Africa.
In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and critically injured by would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
In 1985, two blocks of…