On this day :

1908 Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument, 1775 Jewish Patriot joins Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 1937 Violence erupts at GM plant strike, 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post, 1989 Reagan gives his farewell address, 2012 Van der Sloot admits to Peru murder, 1966 Flash flood in Rio, 1928 Stalin banishes Trotsky, 1935 Earhart flies from Hawaii to California, 1949 Cornerstone laid at Washingtons Islamic Center, 1927 Charlie Chaplins assets frozen, 1978 Song of Solomon wins National Book Critics Circle Award, 1992 Paul Simon returns to Johannesburg South Africa with the blessing of the UN, 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created, 1908 Roosevelt dedicates the Grand Canyon as a national monument, 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule, 1956 Diem issues Ordinance No 6, 1965 Demonstrations erupt in Saigon and Hue, 1916 French forces occupy Corfu, 1945 Truce signed in Greek Civil War, 2010 Miep Gies who hid Anne Frank dies at 100,