On this day :
1838 Morse demonstrates telegraph, 1777 Washington sets up winter quarters in Morristown, 1925 Auto industry maverick John DeLorean born, 1827 Confederate General John Calvin Brown born, 1958 Soviet Union announces troop reduction, 1994 Skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked, 1996 Blizzard of 1996 begins, 1066 Harold II crowned king of England, 1912 New Mexico joins the Union, 1925 Nurmi breaks two world records, 2001 Congress certifies Bush winner of 2000 elections, 2008 DisneyMGM Studios becomes Disneys Hollywood Studios, 1977 John Gardner wins National Book Critics Circle Award, 1975 Two thousand Led Zeppelin fans trash the Boston Garden, 1798 Mountain man Jedediah Smith is born, 1759 Two future presidents marry respective sweethearts, 1941 Franklin D Roosevelt speaks of Four Freedoms, 1994 Nancy Kerrigan attacked, 1971 Army drops charges of My Lai coverup, 1975 Phuoc Binh falls to the North Vietnamese, 1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies, 1942 Roosevelt commits to biggest arms buildup in US history,
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