On this day :

1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway, 1776 Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware, 1979 Last AMC Pacer rolls off assembly line, 1826 George McClellan born, 1989 Bush and Gorbachev suggest Cold War is coming to an end, 1989 The clothes make the man guilty, 1984 Explosion kills 2000 at pesticide plant, 1912 First Balkan War ends, 1967 First human heart transplant, 1984 The BhopalUnion Carbide disaster, 1948 Heavymetal legend Ozzy Osbourne born, 1857 Joseph Conrads birthday, 1979 Eleven people killed in a stampede outside Who concert in Cincinnati Ohio, 1818 Illinois becomes the 21st state, 1839 Lincoln reaches legal milestone, 1979 Indian field hockey gold medalist Dhyan Chand dies, 1962 Report maintains that Viet Cong are prepared for a long war, 1965 Memorandum outlines terms for bombing halt, 1916 Nivelle replaces Joffre as French commander, 1944 Civil war breaks out in Athens,