On this day :

1520 Magellan reaches the Pacific, 1777 John Adams replaces Silas Deane, 1895 Duryea Motor Wagon wins first car race in US, 1862 Battle of Cane Hill Arkansas, 1989 Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power, 1987 A media controversy ignites over the case of Tawana Brawley, 1979 Plane crashes over Antarctica, 1919 Lady Astor becomes MP, 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison, 1962 Talkshow host and comedian Jon Stewart born, 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway, 1964 The ShangriLas score a 1 hit with Leader Of The Pack, 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting, 1943 FDR attends Tehran Conference, 1895 Frank Duryea wins first US horselesscarriage race, 1964 Johnson advised to bomb North Vietnam, 1965 The Philippines agrees to send troops to South Vietnam, 1914 New York Stock Exchange resumes bond trading, 1954 Enrico Fermi architect of the nuclear age dies,