1865: Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States except as punishment for a crime
1943: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad
1950: US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb
1985: South African President P. W. Botha offers to free Nelson Mandela if he denounces violence
Source: Onthisday.com
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