April 9th

1865

• Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S.Grant
• Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
• Ended the American Civil War
• More men died in the Civil War than any other American conflict
• Two-thirds of the dead perished from disease.

1865

• Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S.Grant
• Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
• Ended the American Civil War
• More men died in the Civil War than any other American conflict
• Two-thirds of the dead perished from disease.

1867

• Alaska Purchase
• U.S. Senate ratifies treaty with Russia 
• October- Alaska officially became the property of the U.S.

1947

• First interracial Freedom Ride began
• to test a Supreme Court decision
• declared segregation on interstate buses unconstitutional

2003

• Invasion of Iraq
• Iraqis turn on Saddam Husssein
• Pulled down statue of him 

2013

• Gunman murders 13 people 
• Village of Velika Ivanca, Serbia
• 83 year old mother
• 42 year old son
• 5 men, 2 women & 2 year old child

Births

• Jesse McCartney - 1987
• Kristen Stewart - 1990