This day in history...Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Delegates sign Declaration of Independence, 1776
AUTOMOTIVE
Michael Andretti races to fast finish at Marlboro 500, 1987
CIVIL WAR
CSS Shenandoah learns the war is over, 1865
COLD WAR
Potsdam Conference concludes, 1945
CRIME
Man murdered near L.A. reservoir, 1942
DISASTER
Sudden thunderstorm causes plane crash, 1985
GENERAL INTEREST
Harding dies before scandals break, 1923
Hitler becomes fuhrer, 1934
Einstein urges U.S. atomic action, 1939
HOLLYWOOD
Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven born, 1939
LITERARY
George Eliot begins Middlemarch, 1869
MUSIC
Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson dies, 1983
OLD WEST
Wild Bill Hickok is murdered, 1876
PRESIDENTIAL
Japanese forces attac...

This day in history...Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Delegates sign Declaration of Independence, 1776
AUTOMOTIVE
Michael Andretti races to fast finish at Marlboro 500, 1987
CIVIL WAR
CSS Shenandoah learns the war is over, 1865
COLD WAR
Potsdam Conference concludes, 1945
CRIME
Man murdered near L.A. reservoir, 1942
DISASTER
Sudden thunderstorm causes plane crash, 1985
GENERAL INTEREST
Harding dies before scandals break, 1923
Hitler becomes fuhrer, 1934
Einstein urges U.S. atomic action, 1939
HOLLYWOOD
Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven born, 1939
LITERARY
George Eliot begins Middlemarch, 1869
MUSIC
Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson dies, 1983
OLD WEST
Wild Bill Hickok is murdered, 1876
PRESIDENTIAL
Japanese forces attack PT boat with Kennedy on board, 1943
SPORTS
Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins gold in heptathlon, again, 1992
VIETNAM WAR
North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack U.S. destroyer, 1964
Nixon administration acknowledges secret army in Laos, 1971
WORLD WAR I
Mutiny breaks out on German battleship, 1917
WORLD WAR II
President of the Weimar Republic Hindenburg dies, 1934

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