On this day :

1859 Origin of Species is published, 1807 Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant dies, 1849 John Froelich inventor of the gaspowered tractor is born, 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain, 1947 Hollywood 10 cited for contempt of Congress, 1932 The FBI Crime Lab opens its doors for business, 1999 Ferry sinks in Yellow Sea killing hundreds, 1922 Irish author and nationalist executed, 1963 Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald, 1971 Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm, 1993 Robin Williams stars in Mrs Doubtfire, 1859 Origin of Species is published, 1973 Ringo Starr earns a solo 1 hit with Photograph, 1973 John Neihardt ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks dies, 1784 Zachary Taylor is born, 1960 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA rebounds record, 1963 LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam, 1965 US casualty rates hit new high, 1969 US Army announces Calley will be tried, 1918 Yugoslav National Council expresses concerns about postwar boundaries, 1944 US B29s raid Tokyo,