On This Day In 1945: Reporter Fired For Biggest Scoop In History

In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history.

He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. 

For this, he was publicly rebuked by the AP, and then quietly fired.