On this day :
1958 NASA created, 1778 French navy contacts Continentals, 1909 General Motors buys Cadillac, 1862 Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured, 1958 NASA established, 1976 Son of Sam terrorizes New York, 1967 Rocket causes deadly fire on aircraft carrier, 1588 Spanish Armada defeated, 1848 Tipperary Revolt ends in failure, 1900 Italian American assassinates Italian king, 1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana, 2000 Hollywood golden couple weds, 1965 ChangRae Lees birthday, 1967 The Doors score their first 1 hit with Light My Fire, 1776 Escalante and Dominguez begin expedition, 1958 President Eisenhower authorizes creation of NASA, 1996 Carl Lewis wins fourth consecutive long jump at 35, 1965 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam, 1967 Fire ravages US carrier off Vietnam, 1972 Former US Attorney General visits North Vietnam, 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia exchange telegrams, 1945 Japanese sink the USS Indianapolis,
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