On this day :
1909 First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1779 Americans raid Paulus Hook New Jersey, 1909 Louis Schwitzer wins first race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1862 Dakota Indians bypass Fort Ridgely, 1953 CIAassisted coup overthrows government of Iran, 1991 A Jewish youth is killed by a mob, 2011 West Memphis Three released from prison after 18 years, 1980 Fire on Saudi jet kills 301, 1812 Old Ironsides earns its name, 1942 Allies raid Dieppe, 1960 Captured US spy pilot sentenced in Russia, 1993 Basinger and Baldwin marry, 1886 Joseph Conrad becomes a British citizen, 1964 The Beatles kick off first US tour at San Franciscos Cow Palace, 1895 John Wesley Hardin killed in Texas, 1946 Bill Clinton born, 1951 Little person makes big league debut, 1968 Many Americans against a bombing halt, 1970 Cambodia and US sign military aid pact, 1972 Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam, 1919 President Wilson appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes president of Germany,
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