Today In History

In 1865: Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

In 1939: Singer Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after the Daughters of the American Revolution denied her the use of Constitution Hall.

In 1942: American and Philippine defenders on Bataan capitulated to Japanese forces; the surrender was followed by the “Bataan Death March,” on which nearly 10,000 died.

In 1992: former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted in Miami of eight drug and racketeering charges.