On this day :
1937 Madeleine Albright is born, 1781 Continentals capture Fort Granby South Carolina, 1942 Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect, 1864 VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market, 1988 Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1976 A young woman and her married lover kill her family, 1896 Tornado decimates Texas town, 1756 The Seven Years War begins, 1941 First Allied jet flies, 1963 The flight of Faith 7, 1972 Governor George Wallace shot, 2008 Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano found guilty, 1890 Katherine Anne Porter is born, 1982 Ebony And Ivory begins a sevenweek run at 1 on the pop charts, 1856 Second vigilante committee organizes in San Francisco, 1800 President John Adams orders federal government to Washington DC, 1942 Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force, 1973 Nolan Ryan pitches first nohitter, 1967 US positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire, 1970 Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor, 1916 Austrians launch massive offensive on Trentino Front, 1942 Legislation creating the Womens Army Corps becomes law,
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