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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US forces pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to symbolize the end of the Iraqi president's brutal reign.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
The Republic of Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, died at age 99.
NASA publicly announced the names of the first 7 American astronauts.
