FOFOLINA
04-16-2002, 05:15 PM
1777 At the Battle of Bennington, New England's minutemen routed British regulars.
1818 The U.S. Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
1854 San Salvador was destroyed by an earthquake
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1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
1862 Slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1900 The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
1917 Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
1944 The destroyer USS Laffey survived large-scale damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1962 Walter Cronkite began anchoring "The CBS Evening News".
1968 The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
1972 Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1975 The Khmer Rouge Rebels won control of Cambodia after a five-year civil war. They renamed the country Kampuchea and began a reign of terror.
1977 The ban on women attending West Point was lifted.
1992 The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
1999 Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League.
1818 The U.S. Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
1854 San Salvador was destroyed by an earthquake
.
1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
1862 Slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1900 The first book of postage stamps was issued. The two-cent stamps were available in books of 12, 24 and 48 stamps.
1917 Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
1944 The destroyer USS Laffey survived large-scale damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1962 Walter Cronkite began anchoring "The CBS Evening News".
1968 The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
1972 Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.
1975 The Khmer Rouge Rebels won control of Cambodia after a five-year civil war. They renamed the country Kampuchea and began a reign of terror.
1977 The ban on women attending West Point was lifted.
1992 The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.
1999 Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League.