Paul Robeson 1898 - Singer
- 1682 - Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France.
- 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent.
- 1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home
- 1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.
- 1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty with Russia that purchased the territory of Alaska by one vote.
- 1940 - Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
- 1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
- 1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
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