US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general

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Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River

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Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)

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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

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Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)

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J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31

Death

Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas

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Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)

Birth

Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books

Birth

Manitoba becomes a province of Canada

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John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies

Death

Daniel-Fran‡ois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89

Death

Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky

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US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized

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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)

Birth

1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0

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Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria

Birth

Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63

Death

Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia

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Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights

Birth

W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)

Birth

Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate

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France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony

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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60

Death

Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada

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