In 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War.
In 1940, Germany launched Operation Weserubung, invading Norway and Denmark.
In 1959, NASA announced the selection of the first astronauts, whom the media dubbed the “Mercury Seven.”
In 2003, Iraqis celebrating the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime destroyed a 20-foot stat…