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  • Osama bin Laden killed

    Al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden is killed during a CIA operation carried out by United States Navy SEAL Team 6. The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, infiltrated Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed Bin Laden, along with four other residents, after 1:00 am local time. 

  • Stonewall Jackson wounded

    Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson is severely wounded by friendly fire on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson, who led a daring flanking attack on that day, would die of pneumonia eight days later after Confederate medics amputated his left arm.

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