On this day :

1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated, 1775 Patriots take Montreal, 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious onecar crash, 1861 McClellan snubs Lincoln, 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communistic, 1955 Police search John Grahams home and find bombmaking materials, 1970 Tidal wave ravages East Pakistan, 1789 First presidential tour concludes, 1970 East Pakistan devastated by cylcone, 1985 The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, 1955 Whoopi Goldberg born, 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson is born, 1999 Chris Gaines Garth Brooks rock alter ego performs on Saturday Night Live, 1909 BallingerPinchot scandal erupts, 1945 Truman announces inquiry into Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard, 1967 President receives optimistic reports, 1969 March Against Death commences in Washington DC, 1916 British statesman expresses criticism of war effort, 1941 Congress revises the Neutrality Act,