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Events

• Great Britain’s King Henry I was reprimanded in church for his long hair– 1105
• Explorer La Salle claimed the Mississippi basin for France, calling it Louisiana– 1682
• First tax-supported U.S. public library founded, Peterborough, New Hampshire– 1833
• Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia– 1865
• Jumbo the circus elephant arrived in the U.S.– 1882
• Aerial Ferry Bridge opened in Duluth, Minnesota– 1905
• The Boston Red Sox played Harvard University in the first official baseball game at Fenway Park. (The Sox won 2-0.)– 1912
• Battle of Vimy Ridge (WWI) began in France– 1917
• The Boston Celtics became the first NBA team to sweep an NBA championship series– 1959
• NASA introduced first seven astronauts to press– 1959
• Golfer Arnold Palmer won his third Masters Tournament– 1962
• Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed an honorary U.S. citizen– 1963
• First baseball game in indoor stadium, Houston, Texas– 1965
• Nature magazine published the longest known scientific name, which was about 207,000 letters– 1981
• Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles– 2005
• Rare Bactrian camel born at Budapest Zoo.– 2014