Lead Story
Washington Monument completed, 1884
American Revolution
Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor, 1777
Automotive
Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record, 1976
Civil War
13th Amendment ratified, 1865
Cold War
Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow, 1987
Crime
Train robbers reach the end of the line, 1868
Disaster
Ships explode in Canadian harbor, 1917
General Interest
The Monongah coal mine disaster, 1907
The Great Halifax Explosion, 1917
Irish Free State declared, 1921
Hollywood
Brokeback Mountain premieres, 2005
Literary
Ulysses is ruled not obscene, 1933
Music
The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end, 1969
Old West
French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies, 1749
Presidential
Monument to Washington completed, 1884
Sports
Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown, 1992
Vietnam War
Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized, 1961
Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris, 1972
World War I
Munitions ship explodes in Halifax, 1917
World War II
Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction", 1941
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Yes this does have some of my older work in it, but it is mostly facts and history.
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