On this day :

1789 First US presidential election, 1776 Samuel Adams writes that the confederation is not dead but sleepeth, 1929 Chrysler is Time magazines Man of the Year, 1864 Caleb Blood Smith dies, 1953 Truman announces US has developed hydrogen bomb, 1959 United States recognizes new Cuban government, 1946 A case of split personality in puzzling Chicago murders, 1892 Mine explodes in Oklahoma, 1785 Across the English Channel in a balloon, 1979 Pol Pot overthrown, 1989 Emperor Hirohito dies, 1999 Clinton impeachment trial begins, 1911 Americas sweetheart Mary Pickford marries Owen Moore, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston is born, 1947 Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer is the 1 song on the US pop charts, 1901 Cannibal Alfred Packer is paroled, 1999 Clintons Senate impeachment trial begins, 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their first game, 1965 Civilian government is restored in Saigon, 1971 Laird visits Saigon, 1915 Bolshevik envoy approaches German ambassador in Turkey, 1945 Monty holds a press conference,