Today In History AMERICAN REVOLUTION General Nicholas Herkimer - TopicsExpress



          

Today In History AMERICAN REVOLUTION General Nicholas Herkimer falls at the Battle of Oriskany, 1777 AUTOMOTIVE Peugeot says au revoir to U.S. car market, 1991 CIVIL WAR Confederate ship blown up by crew, 1862 CRIME Dutch Schultz is born, 1902 Joseph Force Crater becomes the missingest man in New York, 1930 DISASTER Planes crashes in Guam jungle, 1997 GENERAL INTEREST First draft of Constitution debated, 1787 First execution by electric chair, 1890 Andy Warhol is born, 1928 HOLLYWOOD Lucille Ball born, 1911 “Breakfast Club” director John Hughes dies, 2009 LITERARY George R.R. Martins Game of Thrones debuts, 1996 MUSIC Isaac Hayes is born, 1942 OLD WEST Belle Starrs first husband slain, 1874 PRESIDENTIAL Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, 1965 SPORTS Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel, 1926 VIETNAM WAR Johnson Administration officials argue for resolution, 1964 Green Berets are charged with murder, 1969 First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal, 1971 WORLD WAR I Allies land at Suvla Bay, 1915 WORLD WAR II Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 07:54:33 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015