TODAY IN HISTORY

so on This Day

Lead Story

Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion, 1957

American Revolution

Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga, 1777

Automotive

Death of country-rock pioneer leads inspires car crime, 1973

Civil War

Union forces defeat Rebels at the Battle of Iuka, 1862

Cold War

Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland, 1959

Crime

Newspaper publishes Unabomber manifesto, 1995

Disaster

Earthquake shakes Mexico City, 1985

General Interest

President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds, 1881

New Zealand first in women's vote, 1893

Peron deposed in Argentina, 1955

U.S. forces land in Haiti, 1994

Unabomber manifesto published, 1995

Hollywood

Goodfellas opens, 1990

Literary

Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel debuts, 2000

Music

The U.S. Senate convenes the PMRC hearings on Capitol Hill, 1985

Old West

Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife, 1827

Presidential

President James Garfield dies, 1881

Sports

Louganis wins gold in springboard, 1988

Vietnam War

Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam, 1966

Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December, 1969

World War I

British offensive begins in Palestine , 1918

World War II

Germans bombard Leningrad, 1941