1865: Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (passes 121-24)
1865: General Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War
1943: 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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