On this day :

1926 Original Amos n Andy debuts on Chicago radio, 1777 Hugh Mercer dies from wounds received in Battle of Princeton, 1904 Henry Ford sets speed record, 1865 General Kilpatrick is promoted, 1954 Dulles announces policy of massive retaliation, 1995 Malcolm Xs Daughter Arrested, 1888 Blizzard brings tragedy to Northwest Plains, 2010 Massive earthquake strikes Haiti, 1879 BritishZulu War begins, 1932 First elected female senator, 1984 Pyramid mystery unearthed, 1981 Dynasty premieres on ABC, 1876 Jack London is born, 1928 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall, 1838 Joseph Smith abandons Ohio, 1942 Roosevelt recreates the National War Labor Board, 1966 Johnson says US should stay in Vietnam, 1969 Broadway Joe delivers, 1962 Operation Ranch Hand initiated, 1971 Harrisburg Six charged with conspiracy, 1919 Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris, 1943 Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad,