On this date in history:

In 1865, the Civil War officially came to an end when Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signed the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators.

In 1886, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, 49, married Frances Folsom, the 21-year-old daughter of his former law partner, in a White House ceremony. The bride became the youngest first lady in U.S. history.

In 1924, Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.

In 1946, in a national referendum, voters in Italy decided the country should become a republic rather than return to a monarchy.

In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in London's Westminster Abbey by the archbishop of Canterbury.

In 1992, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.

In 1995, a U.S. F-16 fighter-jet was shot down by a Serb-launched missile while on patrol over Bosnia. The pilot, Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady, ejected safely and landed behind Serb lines. (He was rescued six days later.)

In 1997, a federal jury in Denver convicted Timothy McVeigh in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. (He was sentenced to death and executed June 11, 2001.)

In 2004, Ken Jennings won his first game on Jeopardy! (It started a string that ended after a record 74 wins and more than $2.5 million in winnings.)

In 2009, Mauricio Funes, whose political party used to be a guerilla group, was sworn in as president of El Salvador.

In 2010, a 52-year-old British taxi driver was accused of a shooting rampage in which 13 people were slain and 11 others wounded before he killed himself.

In 2012, U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan said he feared Syria was heading toward all-out civil war.

In 2013, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking of the role of social media in growing anti-government protests, said: There is now a menace which is called Twitter. The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.

In 2014, Seattle's City Council approved a $15 hourly minimum wage -- highest in the United States.

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