On this day:
1895: Alexander Popov demonstrates the world’s first radio receiver
1945: Germany’s Nazi regime surrenders unconditionally
1946: Sony is founded as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering.
Born on this day:
1711: David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, philosopher
1812: Robert Browning, English poet
1861: Rabindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher, poet, writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1913)