Historical Events
- Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro)
- Battle of Fort Tobacco, Virginia
- Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
- Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin of US President Abraham Lincoln, shot at 26 by Union soldier Boston Corbett
John Wilkes Booth