On this day :

1978 Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship, 1779 French capture British ships, 1969 The Italian Job is released in Sweden, 1862 Confederates capture Harpers Ferry, 1959 Khrushchev arrives in Washington, 1990 A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl, 1958 Train plunges off bridge, 1916 Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme, 1940 Tide turns in the Battle of Britain, 1950 US forces land at Inchon, 1963 Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham, 1954 Famous Marilyn Monroe skirt scene filmed, 1890 Agatha Christie is born, 1962 The Four Seasons earn their first 1 hit with Sherry, 1858 The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins, 1794 James Madison marries Dolley Payne Todd, 1857 Future President William Taft born, 1931 Athletics clinch pennant, 1964 NLF calls for general military offensive, 1972 South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City, 1914 First trenches are dug on the Western Front, 1935 Nuremberg race laws imposed,