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Q. I’ve heard about new airline charges for “extras,” but as I make my summer travel plans, what other surcharges should I know about?
MAY 8, 1945
President Harry S. Truman celebrates his 61st birthday by declaring V-E Day following Germany’s surrender in Berlin.
1999: Nancy Ruth Mace becomes the first woman to graduate from the Citadel, South Carolina’s formerly all-male military school.
1970: Beatles release their last album—Let It Be. Recorded before Abbey Road, it's not released until nine months after the true “last” one.
Celebrating Victory in Europe Day in Times Square.
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