On this day :

1940 FDR nominated for unprecedented third term, 1792 Naval hero John Paul Jones dies in Paris, 1948 Juan Manuel Fangio makes Formula One debut, 1863 Assault of Battery Wagner and death of Robert Gould Shaw, 1945 Charges of communists in the US Army raised, 1984 Twentyone people are shot to death at McDonalds, 64 Neros Rome burns, 1925 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, 1936 Spanish Civil War breaks out, 1969 Incident on Chappaquiddick Island, 1986 Video of Titanic wreckage released, 64 Fire of Rome, 2008 The Dark Knight opens with highestgrossing weekend, 1929 Hunter S Thompson is born, 1995 Barack Obamas Dreams from My Father is published, 1960 Fifteenyearold Brenda Lee earns a 1 hit with Im Sorry, 1914 Singing Wobbly Joe Hill sentenced to death, 1947 Truman signs second Presidential Succession Act, 1962 Congress preserves birthplace and property of Theodore Roosevelt, 1999 David Cone pitches perfect game, 1955 Soviet Union agrees to grant Hanoi economic aid, 1968 Johnson meets Thieu in Honolulu, 1918 Allies begin major counteroffensive in Second Battle of the Marne, 1925 Mein Kampf is published,