1814: Napoleon abdicated his imperial throne unconditionally and was exiled to the Ilse of Elba. Guess we won't have to worry about him anymore, will we?
Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:
1863: Lieutenant General James Longstreet, detached from the Army of Northern Virginia, laid siege to Maj. Gen. John Peck and his garrison in Suffolk, Virginia. The Yanks held on until May 4 when Longstreet lifted the siege and headed north to deliver supplies and forage to General Robert E. Lee, mopping up at Chancellorsville.
1865: Confederate forces evacuated Mobile, Alabama. In Washington President Abraham Lincoln called for a spirit of generous conciliation in the postwar Reconstruction to come.
1942: The Distinguished Service Medal was authorized for members of the U.S. Merchant Marine.
2014: The Syrian army killed 57 civilians in Daraa Governorate.
