1865: General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States of America surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the United States of America at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, thus bringing an end to the American Civil War.1875: Birthday of American journalist and author of the detective stories featurng the Thinking Machine (Professor Van Dusen), who perished on the HMS Titanic in 1912, Jacques Futrelle.1879: Birthday of American comic and movie actor, W.C.Fields.1898: Birthday of the great African-American college & professional athlete, lawyer, actor of stage and screen, and social activist, Paul Robeson.1927: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti sentenced to death for robbery of a shoe factory and the murder of two employees. It was felt they were convicted and executed because of their radical politics. (booksense)… (more)
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