This Day in History

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• SOURCE: Library of Congress
  11/10/2020
  

  Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison

  Henry Wirz, commander of the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was hanged on November 10, 1865, in Washington, D.C., the only Confederate officer executed as a war criminal.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  5/6/2020
  

  This Day in History: English Channel Tunnel Opens (1994)

  In 1996, the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.