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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Dutch ecologists reported that wolves were living in the Netherlands again for the first time in 140 years.
The Hudson Bay Company gave up its territory to the Commonwealth of Canada.
Nazi Germany invaded and attacked Denmark.
King Edward V of England died.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, died at age 99.
