In the United States, today is National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.<\/p>\n
In Tunisia, it’s Martyrs’ Day.<\/p>\n
1682<\/b> — French explorer Robert La Salle reaches the lower Mississippi River . . . and claims it and all lands that touches it for France.<\/p>\n
1865<\/b> — Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1866<\/b> — The Civil Rights Bill of 1866 is passed by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson, granting blacks the rights and privileges of American citizenship.<\/p>\n
1867<\/b> — Passing by a single vote, the US Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.<\/p>\n
1940<\/b> — Germany invades neutral Norway and also Denmark.<\/p>\n
1945<\/b> — Dietrich Bonhoeffer is executed by the Nazis for his role in the attempted assassination of Hitler.<\/p>\n
1967<\/b> — The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.<\/p>\n
1969<\/b> — The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight.<\/p>\n
1970<\/b> — Paul McCartney announces the official breakup of the Beatles.<\/p>\n
1991<\/b> — The parliament of Georgia votes to have independence from USSR.<\/p>\n
2003<\/b> — Baghdad falls to American forces.<\/p>\n
2008<\/b> — Oil roars to record over $112 a barrell on US inventory drop and Boeing again delays its launch of the 787 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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