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May 05 1945 – WW2: Admiral Karl Dönitz, President of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all German U–boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases. May 05 1945 – WW2: In Lakeview, Oregon, Mrs. Elsie Mitchell and five neighborhood children are killed while attempting to drag a Japanese balloon out the woods. ................
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