ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY IN 1933: Loch Ness Monster sighted; 1740: Elisa Boudinot is born; 1918: GM buys Chevrolet; 1863: Confederates deliver blow to Union at Chancellorsville; 1957: Joseph McCarthy dies; 1924: A grisly crime leads to rubber gloves; 1997: Sandstorm in Egypt kills 12, topples buildings; 1670: Hudsons Bay Company chartered; 1808: Madrid revolts against French rule; 1972: End of an era at the FBI; 2011: Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces; 2008: Iron Man released; 1936: Manuscript of Edna St. Vincent Millays Conversations at Midnight destroyed in hotel fire; 1960: Dick Clark survives the Payola scandal; 1874: John B. Jones becomes major in Texas Rangers; 2001: George W. Bush forms commission on Social Security; 1939: Gehrig ends streak; 1964: U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port; 1970: Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia; 1918: Allies argue over U.S. troops joining battle on Western Front; 1945: German troops in Italy surrender to the Allies; while Berlin surrenders to Russias Zhukov; 1885: Good Housekeeping Magazine first hits the newsstands. BIZARRE AND UNIQUE HOLIDAYS: Baby Day; Brothers and Sisters Day; International Tuba Day- first Friday in May; Space Day-first Friday in May.
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