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April 20.
1861. One day after Virginia secedes, General Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army to fight for his home state.
1862. Louis Pasteur completes the first pasteurization tests.
1912. Tiger Stadium and Fenway Park open.
1918. Manfred von Richtofen, a/k/a the Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, a day before his death.
1945. Adolf Hitler leaves his bunker for the last time, to award Iron Crosses to members of teh Hitler Youth.
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