On this day :

1994 Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers, 1777 Georgia constitution abolishes primogeniture and entail, 1878 The French Henry Ford born, 1865 Battle of Dabneys Mill Hatchers Run, 1989 The last Soviet troops leave Kabul, 1994 Medger Evers killer is convicted, 2012 Husband of missing Utah woman kills self and two young sons, 1783 Earthquake devastates southern Italy, 1631 Roger Williams arrives in America, 1917 Immigration act passed over Wilsons veto, 1917 Mexican constitution proclaimed, 1937 Roosevelt announces courtpacking plan, 1988 Noriega indicted on US drug charges, 1919 United Artists created, 1928 Andrew Greeley is born, 1957 The American Invasion begins as Bill Haley and the Comets storm Britain, 1883 Southern Pacific Railroad completes Sunset Route, 1826 Millard Fillmore marries Abigail Powers, 1934 Hank Aaron is born, 1960 South Vietnam requests more support, 1975 North Vietnamese begin preparations for offensive, 1918 US steamship Tuscania is torpedoed and sinks, 1941 Hitler to Mussolini Fight harder,