On this day :

1935 Babe Ruth retires, 1774 Parliament completes the Coercive Acts with the Quartering Act, 1970 Race car driver and designer Bruce McLaren dies in crash, 1815 Philip Kearny is born, 1954 McCarthy charges communists are in the CIA, 1985 Serial killing spree is put to an end, 1921 Flash floods ravage Colorado, 1865 American Civil War ends, 1886 President Cleveland marries in White House, 1924 The Indian Citizenship Act, 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1997 McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing, 2012 Longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison, 1989 Dead Poets Society released in selected theaters, 1977 Raymond Carver quits drinking, 1962 Ray Charles takes country music to the top of the pop charts, 1823 Ashleys fur trappers attacked by Indians, 1886 Grover Cleveland gets married in the White House, 1924 Coolidge signs Indian Citizen Act, 1985 English football clubs banned from Europe, 1965 First contingent of Australian combat troops arrives, 1967 Green Beret doctor convicted in courtmartial, 1915 AustroGerman forces attack Russians at Przemysl, 1944 United States begins shuttle bombing in Operation Frantic,