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Historical Event(s)
– The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.
– President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
– Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
– East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
– American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
– American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
– The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
– American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 vessels.
– The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
Who Were Born On ?
– Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
– Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
– Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
– Manuk Abeghian, scholar of Armenian literature and folklore (d. 1944)
– Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)
– Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian politician (d. 1942)
– Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (d. 1950)
– Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
– John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
– Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)