1731-British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear is cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, catalyst for a later war between Britain and Spain
1768-John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
1865-Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War in North Virginia
1869-Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada
1981-U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru, sinking the civilian ship in the South China Sea
1989-Washington, D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
1992-John Major elected prime minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history
2003-Baghdad falls to US forces, ending the invasion of Iraq, resulting in widespread looting