On this day :
2005 Pope John Paul II Dies, 1777 Ebenezer Learned is promoted to brigadier general, 1875 Walter Chrysler born, 1863 Richmond riots over food shortages, 1865 Union forces capture Petersburg line, 1989 Gorbachev begins visit to Cuba, 1992 Mob boss John Gotti convicted of murder, 1979 Anthrax poisoning kills 62 in Russia, 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, 1917 Jeannette Rankin assumes office, 1982 Argentina invades Falklands, 1972 Charlie Chaplin prepares for return to United States after two decades, 1805 Hans Christian Andersen is born, 1974 The Sting sweeps the Oscars and ragtime composer Scott Joplin gets his due, 1902 First woman judge dies in Wyoming, 1917 Wilson asks for declaration of war, 1977 Red Rum wins record third Grand National, 1972 North Vietnamese troops capture part of Quang Tri, 1975 South Vietnamese evacuation begins at Qui Nhon, 1917 Woodrow Wilson asks US Congress for declaration of war, 1941 The Desert Fox recaptures Libya,

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