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1865 -- Confederate General Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox in the McLean Parlor, 
                   officially ending the Civil War.

1940 -- Germany invades Norway and Denmark in their quest for European domination
1942 -- The U.S. surrenders at the Bataan Peninsula (Bataan Death March)
1959 -- The first Astronauts are introduced for Project Mercury, Americas' first manned space
                    expedition

 
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1974 -- Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's home run record with 715th Home Run
1994 -- Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, is found dead 

 
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1765: British pass and impose the Stamp Act on American Colonies 


1894: First "Stanley Cup Championship" is played in Montreal, Canada