On this day :
1977 Star Wars opens, 1787 Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia, 1994 Pennsylvania man buried with his beloved Corvette, 1862 Confederates score a victory at First Battle of Winchester, 1977 Chinese government removes ban on Shakespeare, 1861 President Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War, 1895 Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for indecency, 1979 DC10 crashes killing all aboard, 1660 The English Restoration, 1787 Constitutional Convention begins, 1793 Catholic priest ordained in America, 1979 Worst air crash in US history, 1977 Star Wars released, 1911 Thomas Mann visits the Lido in Venice, 1927 International bestselling thriller writer Robert Ludlum is born, 1878 HMS Pinafore premieres in London, 1975 Grizzly bear is classified as a threatened species, 1961 JFK asks Congress to support the space program, 1935 Babe Ruth hits last home run, 1968 Communist launch new offensive, 1969 National Democratic Front formed in Saigon, 1915 Largescale deportations of Armenians begin in Turkey, 1944 Operation Knights Move is launched,
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