On this day :
1931 Empire State Building dedicated, 1958 President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day, 1926 Ford factory workers get 40hour week, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville begins, 1960 American U2 spy plane shot down, 2002 Former NBA AllStar indicted, 2003 Recordbreaking tornado wave begins, 1851 Great Exhibition opens, 1898 The Battle of Manila Bay, 1963 An American tops Everest, 1997 Labour party returns to power in Britain, 1941 Citizen Kane released, 1923 Joseph Heller is born, 1786 Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna, 1852 Calamity Jane is born, 1931 Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building, 1991 Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record, 1969 Senator criticizes Nixons handling of the war, 1972 North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri, 1915 International Congress of Women adopts resolutions, 1887 Alan G Cunningham British liberator of Ethiopia is born,
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