On this day :

1896 Gold discovered in the Yukon, 1780 Continentals routed at Camden South Carolina, 1984 Los Angeles jury clears John Z DeLorean of drug charges, 1864 Confederate General John Chambliss is killed, 1955 Paul Robeson loses appeal over his passport, 1984 Auto exec DeLorean cleared in drugtrafficking case, 1987 Plane crashes into highway, 1812 Detroit surrenders without a fight, 1948 Babe Ruth dies, 1972 Moroccan king survives attack by own air force, 1977 Elvis Presley dies, 1958 Madonna born, 1920 Poet Charles Bukowski is born, 1974 The Ramones play their first public gig at CBGBs in downtown Manhattan, 1896 George Carmack discovers Klondike gold, 1841 Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House, 1920 Batter sustains fatal injury at plate, 1964 General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state, 1966 Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators, 1967 Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged, 1972 Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam, 1917 Battle of Langemarck, 1945 Senior US POW is released,