On this day :

1888 Van Gogh chops off ear, 1783 George Washington resigns as commander in chief, 1982 Road contamination prompts evacuation of town, 1862 Davis declares Butler a felon, 1968 Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea, 1984 Bernhard Goetz goes on the lam, 2009 Balloon Boy parents sentenced in Colorado, 1972 Earthquake rocks Managua, 1620 Construction of Plymouth settlement begins, 1948 Japanese war criminals hanged in Tokyo, 1986 Voyager completes global flight, 1993 Hanks stars in first major Hollywood movie about AIDS, 1912 French magazine rejects Remembrance of Things Past, 1959 Chuck Berry is arrested on Mann Act charges in St Louis Missouri, 1829 Prince Wurttemberg explores the West, 1946 Truman considers amnesty for draft dodgers, 1972 Harris makes Immaculate Reception, 1966 Francis Cardinal Spellman visits South Vietnam, 1972 Operation Linebacker II continues, 1915 Vera Brittain loses fiance at Western Front, 1944 The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized,