GMT

Lead Story
1867 U.S. takes possession of Alaska

American Revolution
1767 Mason and Dixon draw a line

Automotive
1933 R. Buckminster Fuller tries to patent his Dymaxion Car

Civil War
1863 General Sickles visits his troops

Cold War
1989 East Germany and Hungary move toward democracy

Crime
1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrested for drug possession

Disaster
1998 Pipeline explosions kills 700 in Nigeria

General Interest
1469 Ferdinand and Isabella marry
1860 Peking’s Summer Palace destroyed
1898 U.S. takes control of Puerto Rico
1931 Edison dies

Hollywood
1988 Roseanne debuts

Literary
1951 Terry McMillan is born

Music
1974 Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub

Old West
1867 The United States formally takes possession of
Alaska from Russia

Presidential
1962 JFK records his impressions of secret meetings

Sports
1977 Mr. October hits three homers in three swings

Vietnam War
1955 Emperor Bao Dai attempts to dismiss Diem
1968 Stock market soars with rumors of bombing halt in Vietnam

World War I
1915 Third Battle of the Isonzo

World War II
1942 Vice Admiral Halsey named new commander of the South Pacific


JOTD

Today is the Grand Opening of the new Lego Store.

People are lined up for blocks.