On this day :

1945 Nuremberg trials begin, 1789 New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights, 1923 Garrett Morgan patents threeposition traffic signal, 1864 Sherman on the move, 1948 American consul in China held hostage by communists, 1945 Trials open at Nuremberg, 1968 Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine, 1820 American vessel sunk by sperm whale, 1947 Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten, 2003 Music producer Phil Spector indicted for murder of actress, 1875 Henry James first novel is published, 1955 Bo Diddley makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1843 Blacksnake Hills trading post is renamed St Joseph, 1962 Kennedy announces fair housing legislation, 1982 Cal beats Stanford as band blocks field, 1967 Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company, 1969 Seymour Hersh files followup to My Lai story, 1917 British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai, 1945 Nuremberg warcrimes trials begin,