1 of 7 | Members of the Italian armed forces are on horse outside the Chigi Palace, the official residence of the Italian prime minister in Rome, on May 13, 2023. On June 2, 1946, in a national referendum, voters in Italy decided the country should become a republic rather than return to a monarchy. File Photo courtesy Ukrainian President Press Office | License Photo
On this date in history:
In 1865, the Civil War officially came to an end when Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signed the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators.
In 1886, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, 49, married Frances Folsom, the 21-year-old daughter of his former law partner, in a White House ceremony. The bride became the youngest first lady in U.S. history.
In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law, extending citizenship to all Native Americans born within the United States and its territories.
