Lead Story
Enron files for bankruptcy, 2001
American Revolution
Philadelphia nurse overhears British plans to attack Washington, 1777
Automotive
Toyota's first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles arrive in California, 2002
Civil War
General Gracie killed at Petersburg, 1864
Cold War
Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist, 1961
Crime
Kennedy cousin rape trial begins, 1991
Disaster
Dam collapses in France, killing 412, 1959
General Interest
Napoleon crowned emperor, 1804
Monroe Doctrine declared, 1823
John Brown hanged, 1859
McCarthy condemned by Senate, 1954
Hollywood
Affleck and Damon’s Good Will Hunting debuts, 1997
Literary
Coleridge joins the cavalry, 1793
Music
The Temptations earn their final #1 hit with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone", 1972
Old West
Polk affirms Monroe Doctrine, 1845
Presidential
Monroe introduces bold new foreign policy, 1823
Sports
Archie Griffin wins second consecutive Heisman Trophy, 1975
Vietnam War
Senator Mansfield pronounces American aid to South Vietnam wasted, 1962
South Vietnamese leaders order a temporary halt to the strategic hamlet program, 1963
World War I
Russia reaches armistice with the Central Powers, 1917
World War II
Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction, 1942
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