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Events
- 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
- 1413 - Henry V is crowned King of England.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
- 1867 – Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
- 1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Arras - The battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- 1918 - World War I: Fourth Battle of Ypres
- 1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- 1948 – Massacre at Deir Yassin.
- 1991 – Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces.
Births
- 1865 - Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)
- 1872 – Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
- 1898 - Paul Robeson, American actor and Communist sympathizer (d. 1976)
- 1938 - Tom Metzger, founder of White Aryan Resistance
Deaths
- 491 - Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
- 715 - Pope Constantine
- 1483 - King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
- 1626 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b. 1561)
- 1945 - Wilhelm Canaris, head of the German military intelligence service, Abwehr, and traitor (b. 1887)
- 1945 - Georg Elser,1939 failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)
- 1959 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
- 2009 - Colin Jordan, British National Socialist leader (b. 1923)
