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On 16 April 1988, as the Intifada was raging, Abu Jihad was assassinated in his Tunis household, allegedly by an Israeli hit squad.
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On April 19, secessionist mobs in Baltimore that controlled the rail links attacked Union troops traveling to the capital.
On April 1, 1865, Grant successfully outflanked Lee's forces in the Battle of Five Forks and nearly encircled Petersburg, and the Confederate government evacuated Richmond.
On April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox and the war was effectively over.
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