On this day :
1867 US takes possession of Alaska, 1767 Mason and Dixon draw a line, 1933 R Buckminster Fuller tries to patent his Dymaxion Car, 1863 General Sickles visits his troops, 1989 East Germany and Hungary move toward democracy, 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrested for drug possession, 1998 Pipeline explosions kills 700 in Nigeria, 1469 Ferdinand and Isabella marry, 1860 Pekings Summer Palace destroyed, 1898 US takes control of Puerto Rico, 1931 Edison dies, 1988 Roseanne debuts, 1951 Terry McMillan is born, 1974 Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub, 1867 The United States formally takes possession of Alaska from Russia, 1962 JFK records his impressions of secret meetings, 1977 Mr October hits three homers in three swings, 1955 Emperor Bao Dai attempts to dismiss Diem, 1968 Stock market soars with rumors of bombing halt in Vietnam, 1915 Third Battle of the Isonzo, 1942 Vice Admiral Halsey named new commander of the South Pacific,
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