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(Friday, April 9, 1965, 7:25 p.m. CST) — The newly built Astrodome in Houston tonight featured its first baseball game, an exhibition between the Astros and the New York Yankees, with President Lyndon B. Johnson in attendance. The Astros won, 2-1, in 12 innings. Continue reading LBJ attends debut game at Houston’s Astrodome 50 years ago this hour (Apr 9 1965)
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(Friday, April 9, 1965) — The single “Ticket to Ride”/“Yes It Is” by The Beatles was released today in the UK (Apr. 19, 1965, in the U.S.) Continue reading ‘Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is’ single by The Beatles released in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 9 1965)
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(Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, 1:30-3:00 p.m.; during Battle of Appomattox Court House, part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant today at the McLean House in Appomattox, Virginia. Continue reading Lee surrenders his army to Grant at Appomattox 150 years ago this hour (Apr 9 1865)
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(Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, 11:50 a.m.; during Battle of Appomattox Court House, part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee dispatched a letter under a white flag today into the Union lines, asking for a “suspension of hostilities pending the discussion of the Terms of surrender of this army.”
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(Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, dawn; during Battle of Appomattox Court House, part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon to make one more attempt to break out at Appomattox this morning.
But after Gordon’s men drove federal cavalry from their positions and swept forward to the crest of a hill they were halted by an advancing solid wall of blue, the entire Union Army of the James.
Upon hearing the news, Lee finally stated the inevitable: “Then there is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.”
