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Lead Story
Pearl Harbor bombed, 1941

American Revolution
Delaware ratifies the Constitution, 1787

Automotive
NYC officials revive Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1964

Civil War
Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, 1862

Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in United States for summit with Ronald Reagan, 1987

Crime
Commute of terror, 1993

Disaster
Earthquakes wreak havoc in Armenia, 1988

General Interest
The First State, 1787
Indonesia invades East Timor, 1975
First execution by lethal injection, 1982
Earthquake devastates Armenia, 1988

Hollywood
Clooney stars in Sinatra role in Ocean’s Eleven remake, 2001

Literary
Willa Cather is born, 1873

Music
The Singing Nun reaches #1 on the U.S. pop charts with "Dominique", 1963

Old West
Lewis and Clark temporarily settle in Fort Clatsop, 1805

Presidential
FDR reacts to news of Pearl Harbor bombing, 1941

Sports
Sugar Ray Leonard fights Roberto Duran for the third and final time, 1989

Vietnam War
Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam, 1964
McNamara predicts that more U.S. troops will be needed, 1965

World War I
David Lloyd George becomes prime minister of Britain, 1916

World War II
"A date which will live in infamy", 1941