On this day :
1983 Andropov writes to US student, 1781 Cornwallis retreats from Guilford Courthouse, 2001 Italian Formula One driver dies in crash, 1864 Confederates overwhelm Union at Marks Mills, 1983 Andropov writes to an American fifthgrader, 1989 A father is exonerated after 21 years, 1980 Air tragedy hits Canary Islands, 1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal, 1990 Space telescope in orbit, 1995 Ginger Rogers dies, 1719 Robinson Crusoe is published, 1917 Ella Fitzgerald is born, 1831 A play lionizing Davy Crockett opens, 1947 Truman inaugurates White House bowling alley, 1964 Maple Leafs win third Stanley Cup in a row, 1964 Johnson announces appointment of Westmoreland, 1972 North Vietnamese Army close to cutting South Vietnam in two, 1915 Allies begin invasion of Gallipoli, 1945 Americans and Russians link up cut Germany in two,
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