HISTORY

McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds, 1901

American Revolution

Brodhead completes Allegheny River expedition, 1779

Automotive

Dancer Isadora Duncan is killed in car accident, 1927

Civil War

North and South clash at the Battle of South Mountain, 1862

Cold War

Soviet probe reaches the moon, 1959

Crime

A song about crime hits the charts, 1974

Disaster

Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd, 1999

General Interest

Napoleon enters Moscow, 1812

Scott captures Mexico City, 1847

American canonized as saint, 1975

Hollywood

Hollywood star and real-life princess Grace Kelly dies, 1982

Literary

Make Way for Ducklings author Robert McCloskey is born, 1914

Steinbeck wins the Medal of Freedom, 1964

Music

Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti", 1955

Old West

An adoptive westerner becomes president of the United States, 1901

Presidential

President William McKinley dies from gunshot wounds, 1901

Sports

Denny McLain becomes a 30-game winner, 1968

Vietnam War

South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault, 1965

Operation Attleboro is launched in War Zone C, 1966

World War I

Seventh Battle of the Isonzo , 1916

World War II

Americans launch Operation Stalemate—at extraordinary cost, 1944