On this day :
1974 Nixon resigns, 1775 Morgan and Virginians arrive in Cambridge, 1963 Land Rovers used in famous Great Train Robbery, 1863 Lee offers resignation, 1945 Truman signs United Nations Charter, 1956 Fire traps 262 miners, 1879 Emiliano Zapata born, 1942 German saboteurs executed in Washington, 1986 Spike Lees first feature Shes Gotta Have It premieres, 1818 Keats returns from walking tour, 1988 Gangsta rap hits the mainstream with the release of NWAs Straight Outta Compton, 1839 General Nelson Miles is born, 1974 Nixon resigns, 1988 Lights go on at Wrigley, 1968 Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination, 1973 Vice President Agnew under attack, 1974 Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency, 1918 Battle of Amiens, 1945 Soviets declare war on Japan invade Manchuria,