Other Events
1865 –The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery.
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
1876 – The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
1950 – President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
1990 – The first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union is opened.
1995 – President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
Births
36 BC – Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (d. 38 AD)
877 – Taejo of Goryeo of Korea (d. 943)
1512 – King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)
1543 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
1550 – Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 1588)
