This Day in History
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| AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
| 1777 |
| Redcoats kill sleeping Americans in Paoli Massacre » |
| AUTOMOTIVE |
| 1960 |
| Mickey Thompson tries again to become the fastest driver in history » |
| CIVIL WAR |
| 1863 |
| Confederates score a victory at the Battle of Chickamauga » |
| COLD WAR |
| 1963 |
| Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon » |
| CRIME |
| 2012 |
| Amish convicted in beard cutting attacks » |
| DISASTER |
| 2002 |
| Avalanche thunders into Russian village » |
| GENERAL INTEREST |
| 1519 |
| Magellan sets out » |
| 1565 |
| First European battle on American soil » |
| 1946 |
| First Cannes Film Festival » |
| HOLLYWOOD |
| 1934 |
| Actress and international sex symbol Sophia Loren born » |
| LITERARY |
| 1878 |
| Upton Sinclair is born » |
| MUSIC |
| 1975 |
| The Bay City Rollers make their U.S. debut on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell » |
| OLD WEST |
| 1806 |
| The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri » |
| PRESIDENTIAL |
| 1881 |
| Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year » |
| SPORTS |
| 1973 |
| King defeats Riggs in Battle of the Sexes II » |
| VIETNAM WAR |
| 1968 |
| U.S. officials defend use of defoliants » |
| 1972 |
| U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri » |
| WORLD WAR I |
| 1918 |
| U.S. officer George S. Patton writes home after Saint-Mihiel offensive » |
| WORLD WAR II |
| 1943 |
| British launch Operation Source » |
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