Events:

1775 - Fort Ticonderoga taken during the American Revolution.

1775 - The Continental Army was created by the 13 colonies and George Washington was placed in command during the American Revolution.

1865 - William Quantrill was shot by Union soldiers during the Civil War.

1869 - The Transcontinental Railroad was completed linking east and west.

1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed as the head of the FBI.

Births:

1838 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln

Deaths:

1818 - Paul Revere

1863 - Stonewall Jackson

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