today in history
1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.1933 - The Gestapo is established.
1986 - In Ukraine, a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster. Thirty-one people are killed directly by the incident and many thousands more are exposed to significant amounts of radioactive material.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
1946 - Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings.
1991 - Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before its end, Andover, Kansas would record the year's only F5 tornado and 17 people would perish.
1994 - South Africa holds its first multiracial elections. The black guys whoop ass.
Births
121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian (d. 1776)
1785 - John James Audubon, naturalist, illustrator (d. 1851)
1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austian-born English philosopher (d. 1951)
1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
1963 - Jet Li, martial arts fighter, actor
1983 - Jessica Lynch, POW rescued from Iraq in 2003
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