| (1865) American Civil War’s last campaign begins
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General Ulysses S. Grant sends 12,000 Union troops to outflank Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces and block their possible withdrawal from Petersburg, Virginia. A series of Union victories will follow and Lee will surrender his army 10 days later at Appomattox. . |
| (1951) New York City’s ‘Mad Bomber’ strikes again
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| Grand Central Station commuters witness the explosion of a homemade bomb. Authorities will later tie this terrorism to the so-called Mad Bomber after five more explosives are detonated throughout the city in the coming months.. |
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| (1973) US forces withdraw from Vietnam
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After almost a decade of combat, with more than 50,000 Americans dead and over 300,000 wounded, the last US fighting forces leave South Vietnam in agreement with the Paris Peace Accords. The war itself will continue for another two years, until the Fall of Saigon.. |
| (1974) Farmers uncover ancient ‘Terracotta Army’
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| While digging a well in China’s Shaanxi province, farmers discover the burial site of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, from 210–209 BCE. Excavators will discover an estimated 8,000 life-size clay soldiers, and hundreds of horses and chariots, meant for protection in the afterlife.. |
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