- 1865General Lee new leader of SouthRobert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.
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1606
Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.
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1865
The House of Representatives approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.
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1940
The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.
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1958
The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.
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1990
The first McDonald's opened in Russia.
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