This Day in History from the History Channel:
General Interest
1542 Mary Queen of Scots born
1980 John Lennon shot
1987 Superpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals
1993 NAFTA signed into law
AMER. REVOLUTION
1775 Americans begin siege of Quebec
AUTOMOTIVE
1945 Japanese Auto Industry Starts Up Again
CIVIL WAR
1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
COLD WAR
1949 Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan
LITERARY
1894 James Thurber is born
OLD WEST
1941 Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote against WWII
VIETNAM WAR
1969 Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending
WALL STREET
1886 Birth of the AFL
WORLD WAR I
1914 The Battle of the Falkland Islands
WORLD WAR II
1941 The United States declares war on Japan
Also to celebrate my sister's milestone birthday, a random picture of a Maryanne:
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