2011 Event To avoid further fighting, Libya's Transitional Council extends the deadline to surrender for tribal leaders in Sirte 1994 Event Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript 1994 Event Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't 1991 Death J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 1988 Event 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel 1975 Event 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days 1973 Event Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 1960 Event Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender 1954 Event French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 1951 Event Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing 1947 Birthday Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender 1945 Event Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek 1945 Event Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies 1945 Event Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender 1945 Event Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies 1945 Event V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 1945 Event U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Event Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1945 Event Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1945 Event Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged 1945 Event Japanese premier Suzuki disregards U.S. ultimatum to surrender 1945 Event Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender 1945 Event V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe 1945 Event Formal undertaking of complete German surrender 1945 Event Nazi generals Jodl and Von Friedenburg surrender 1945 Event German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender 1945 Event Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed 1945 Event German troops in Groningen surrender 1944 Event Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium 1943 Event General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II 1943 Event German and Italian forces in Africa surrender 1943 Event Axis forces in North Africa surrender 1943 Event German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender 1943 Event Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army 1942 Event Colonel General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender 1942 Event Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender 1942 Event Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies 1942 Event Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender 1942 Event German troops in Bardia surrender 1941 Event Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong 1941 Event American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese 1941 Event 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman 1941 Event British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis 1940 Event France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II 1940 Event Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany 1939 Event Last Polish troops surrender 1939 Event Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender 1925 Event Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army 1898 Event Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender 1898 Event Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba 1885 Event Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear 1875 Event Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill 1871 Event Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1866 Event Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces 1865 Event Battle of Galveston, Texas, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith 1865 Event Surrender of Sam Jones 1865 Event Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox 1863 Event Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender 1862 Event Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender 1862 Event Ft. Donelson captured by General Grant (1,400 confederates surrender) 1861 Event Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender 1861 Event Formal Union surrender of Ft. Sumter 1832 Event Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender 1806 Event Dutch in Capetown surrender to British 1799 Event Bataafse fleet surrender to English 1777 Event 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender 1764 Event Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1759 Event Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British 1673 Event Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City 1664 Event Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 1653 Event Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux 1602 Event Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1601 Event Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius 1587 Event Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain
