Today Is April 9

National Unicorn Day is celebrated every year on April 9 to honor the beautiful one-horned mythical creature.

The unicorn is a mythical animal referred to by classical authors. It was said to be like a horse but with one straight horn.

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According to legend, the unicorn is the strongest of all animals and can defeat an elephant but is humbled by a virgin maiden.


The American Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.

 Union Army general Ulysses S. Grant accepting Confederate general Robert E. Lee's surrender in 1865.

The American Civil War was, fought between the southern or Confederate States in the United States and the northern or Federal States between 1861-65. The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery; the Confederate states wished to maintain their 'state rights' regarding the institution of slavery.

When Robert E Lee and the Confederate army surrendered, the Union soldiers silently saluted them. Normally victorious armies would taunt or mock defeated ones, but Union Brig. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain respected the Confederates too much and ordered that they be treated well.

The Confederacy was defeated at the total cost of the death of 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers.

Roughly 2% of the U.S. population, an estimated 620,000 men, died serving in the American Civil War. As a percentage of today's population the toll would have risen as high as six million. In the English language, April is the first of three months in-a-row, along with May and June, that is also a female given name.