On this day :

1886 Folies Bergere stage first revue, 1776 Howe brothers offer amnesty, 1965 Unsafe at Any Speed hits bookstores, 1864 Battle of Franklin Tennessee, 1981 The United States and USSR open talks to reduce intermediaterange nuclear forces, 1989 Americas First Female Serial Killer strikes, 1994 Achille Lauro sinks near Somalia, 1874 Winston Churchill born, 1954 Meteorite strikes Alabama woman, 1993 Brady Bill signed into law, 2004 Jeopardy contestants record winning streak ends, 1835 Mark Twain is born, 1974 Elton Johns Greatest Hits hits 1, 1902 Harvey Kid Curry Logan sentenced, 1950 Truman refuses to rule out atomic weapons, 1931 Football coach Bill Walsh is born, 1965 McNamara warns Johnson that communists are gaining strength in South Vietnam, 1966 South Vietnamese draft articles for new constitution, 1967 McCarthy to enter Democratic presidential primary, 1972 White House announces no full withdrawal until final truce agreement signed, 1917 German foreign minister celebrates revolution in Russia, 1939 USSR attacks Finland,