On this day :
1128 Pope recognizes Knights Templar, 1776 British raid Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay, 1962 Comedian killed in Corvair crash, 1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford is born, 1950 Soviets boycott United Nations Security Council, 1939 Doc Barker is killed by prison guards as he attempts to escape, 1958 The Manuel Massacres, 1982 Plane crashes into Potomac, 1842 Sole British soldier escapes Kabul, 1864 Stephen Foster dies, 1941 James Joyce dies, 2008 Golden Globes curtailed due to writers strike, 1898 Zolas Jaccuse letter is printed, 1998 Georgia Governor Zell Miller proposes writing The Mozart effect into law, 1929 Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles, 1966 Johnson appoints first AfricanAmerican cabinet member, 1999 Michael Jordan retires for a second time, 1962 First Operation Farm Gate missions flown, 1972 Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals, 1916 Battle of Wadi, 1942 Allies promise prosecution of war criminals,
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