America’s Civil War Comes Home To Roost
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Historical Events
Event of Interest
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War in North Virginia
Famous Birthdays
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), born in Breslau, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1923)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)
German general during World War I, born in Kruszewnia, Prussia
Born in 1865
Famous Deaths
- Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
About April 9, 1865
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 158 years, 5 months and 19 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Aries
