TIH 1620: The Pilgrims sail for North America, 1847: Henry David Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870: Louisa Ann Swain becomes the first woman in the U.S. to cast a vote legally after 1807, 1901: Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley, 1946: James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany, 1970: Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist, 1983: The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007 and in 1995: Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:00:01 +0000
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