On this day :

1814 Key pens StarSpangled Banner, 1806 American sympathizer Charles James Fox dies in Britain, 2004 Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars, 1862 Union troops discover Rebels Antietam battle plan, 1976 New book says war with Russia is greatest US threat, 1971 Attica prison riot ends, 1989 Devastating storm heads toward Caribbean, 1759 Britain victorious on the Plains of Abraham, 1971 Massacre at Attica Prison, 1993 IsraelPalestine peace accord signed, 1998 George Wallace dies, 1990 Law Order debuts, 1916 Childrens author Roald Dahl is born, 1996 Tupac Shakur dies, 1847 General Winfield Scott storms the Chapultepec fortress, 1980 President Carter attends Willie Nelson concert at White House, 1936 Bob Feller strikes out 17 at 17, 1945 British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese, 1964 Attempted coup against Khanh government fails, 1968 Large operation begins in the DMZ, 1914 Irish nationalist seeks German support, 1940 Italy invades Egypt,