TODAY IN HISTORY historyorb 1707 - English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; form United Kingdom of Great Britain 1813 - Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel 1845 - Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice in the USA 1862 - 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss 1905 - 2 rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX 1939 - Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens 1945 - US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany 1967 - Aretha Franklin releases Respect 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. 1981 - Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) 1991 - Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1992 - Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin 2002 - The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years. 2004 - Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office. 2004 - Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
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