On this day :
1958 Nautilus travels under North Pole, 1797 Lord Jeffrey Amherst dies, 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me released features Lotus Esprit, 1823 Union General Thomas F Meagher is born in Ireland, 1948 Chambers accuses Hiss of being a communist spy, 1982 Sodomy arrest sparks controversy, 1975 Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain near Agadir Morocco, 1492 Columbus sets sail, 1916 Sir Roger Casement hanged, 1988 Soviets release Mathias Rust, 2008 Multimilliondollar baby photos published, 1861 Last installment of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is published, 1996 The Macarena begins its reign atop the US pop charts, 1846 Donner party encounters first delay, 1923 Calvin Coolidge takes oath of office after Hardings death, 1949 NBA is born, 1965 TV news shows Marines burning village, 1966 Marines launch Operation Prairie, 1914 Germany and France declare war on each other, 1940 Italians move on British Somaliland,