On this day :
1930 Building of Hoover Dam begins, 1777 Battle of Hubbardton, 2000 Stock car driver Kenny Irwin Jr dies in crash, 1863 Kit Carsons campaign against the Indians, 1983 Samantha Smith leaves for visit to the USSR, 1865 Mary Surratt is first woman executed by US federal government, 1987 Tanker accident causes deadly fire, 1797 The impeachment of Senator Blount, 1941 US occupies Iceland, 1976 Female cadets enrolled at West Point, 1981 OConnor nominated to Supreme Court, 2005 Terrorists attack London transit system at rush hour, 2006 Johnny Depp stars in second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, 1852 Birthday of Sherlock Holmes sidekick Dr Watson, 1962 The Stripper by David Rose becomes the 1 pop hit in America, 1900 Warren Earp killed in Arizona, 1946 Future President Jimmy Carter marries, 1912 Jim Thorpe begins Olympic triathlon, 1955 China announces it will provide aid to Hanoi, 1964 New ambassador arrives in Saigon, 1969 First US troops withdrawn from South Vietnam, 1917 British Womens Auxiliary Army Corps is officially established, 1942 Himmler decides to begin medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners,
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