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Today in history

1774: Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.

1775: Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y.

1865: Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.

1869: A golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

1908: The first Mother’s Day observance in the United States, inspired by Anna Jarvis, took place during church services in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia.

1924: J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director.

1933: The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

1940: German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

1968: Preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.

2007: British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would step down June 27.