Confederate General Robert E. Lee ended his campaign at The Battle of Appomattox Court House.
He and his 26,765 troops surrendered to US Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant. The war didn’t officially end until May 8th of the same year.
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Nazi Germany invaded and attacked Denmark.
King Edward V of England died.
Dutch ecologists reported that wolves were living in the Netherlands again for the first time in 140 years.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
Pope Constantine died.
