On this day :

1881 Pablo Picasso born, 1774 Congress petitions English king to address grievances, 1910 Barney Oldfield defeats boxer Jack Johnson in Brooklyn auto race, 1861 Keel of the Monitor laid, 1971 The UN seats the Peoples Republic of China and expels Taiwan, 1983 United States invades Grenada, 1994 Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder, 2000 Russian military plane crashes into mountain, 1415 Battle of Agincourt, 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade, 1929 Cabinet member guilty in Teapot Dome scandal, 2002 Camelot Harry Potter star Richard Harris dies, 1748 Henry Fielding becomes justice of the peace, 1980 Australian rock gods ACDC earn their first Top 40 hit with You Shook Me All Night Long, 1853 Indians attack transcontinental railroad survey crew in Utah, 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith, 1948 Wrestling legend Dan Gable is born, 1972 Nixon suspends bombing of North Vietnam, 1973 Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution, 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun, 1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins,