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Comcast buys DreamWorks

Comcast confirmed that its NBCUniversal division would acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. The deal closed in August 2016. Universal Pictures will take over the distribution of DreamWorks Animation films beginning in 2019 with How to Train Your Dragon 3 when DreamWorks Animation's deal with 20th Century Fox expires.

Prince William marries Catherine Middleton

William and Catherine were married at Westminster Abbey. About 1,900 people, attended the ceremony in the abbey, approximately 600 people were invited to the luncheon reception at Buckingham Palace, and about 300 were invited for the evening dinner. The overall price of the event was reportedly £20 million.

Oldsmobile builds its final car

Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors. At the time of its closure, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler, Peugeot and Tatra.

Rodney King riots begin

The Los Angeles riots were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California. The unrest began in South Central Los Angeles after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department for usage of excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King.

Operation Frequent Wind begins

Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam prior to the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese Army in the Fall of Saigon. More than 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various points in Saigon.

ABC's 'Wide World of Sports' debuts

American sports anthology television program hosted by Jim McKay. Wide World of Sports was intended to be a fill-in show for a single summer season, until the start of fall sports seasons, but became unexpectedly popular. The goal of was to showcase sports from around the globe that were not widely know in U.S.

Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler marries his longtime mistress Eva Braun

After midnight, Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in the Führerbunker. After a wedding breakfast with his new wife, Hitler dictated his will to his secretary. Later that afternoon, he was informed of the execution of Mussolini, which presumably increased his determination to avoid capture.

The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops

U.S. troops, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Felix L. Sparks, entered the camp over a side wall. They found the camp at fire and stack of some four hundred bodies burning. Division versions of events have argued over which unit was the first to liberate Dachau.

UK passed the first wealth-redistributing budget

The People's Budget was a proposal of the Liberal government that introduced unprecedented taxes on the lands and high incomes of Britain's wealthy to fund new social welfare programmes. It passed the House of Commons but was blocked by the House of Lords for a year and became law in April 1910.

Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans

The uncrowned King Charles VII sent Joan to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1933

Willie Nelson

born 1901

Hirohito

born 1863, died 1951

William Randolph Hearst