On this day :

1959 Hawaii becomes 50th state, 1754 Bloody Ban Tarleton born in Britain, 1897 Olds Motor Works founded, 1863 Guerillas massacre residents of Lawrence Kansas, 1991 Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses, 1863 Outlaws attack Lawrence Kansas, 1911 Theft of Mona Lisa is discovered, 1986 Gas cloud kills Cameroon villagers, 1831 Slave revolt erupts in Virginia, 1858 LincolnDouglas debates begin, 1961 Kenyatta freed, 1987 Dirty Dancing opens, 1920 Christopher Robins birthday, 1935 The Swing Era begins with Benny Goodmans triumphant Palomar Ballroom performance, 1883 Trial of Frank James begins in Missouri, 1959 Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill, 2004 Michael Phelps wins eighth medal, 1963 Nhus Special Forces attack the Buddhists, 1965 US pilots given green light to go after antiaircraft missiles in the North, 1969 Nixon meets with South Korean President, 1971 Antiwar protestors raid draft offices, 1914 Battles of the Frontiers fought near Ardennes and Charleroi, 1944 The seeds of the United Nations are planted,