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1841 - John Tyler is sworn in as 10th US President.

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1862 - Battle of Shiloh; Union defeats Confederacy in South-West Tennessee.

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1865 - John Austin Wharton, US Confederate General-Major, dies at age 36.

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1865 - Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle.

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1865 - Battle of Sayler's Creek, one-third of Lee's army cut off.

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1909 - United States Navy commander Robert Peary, assistant Matthew Henson, and four Inuit men reach the North Pole, the first documented men to reach the pole.

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1936 - Tornado kills 203 and injures 1,800 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.

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1943 - British and US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia.

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1945 - Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa.

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1945 - US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa.

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