This day in history American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk,1917

Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes, 2002

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Ethan Allen dies, 1789

AUTOMOTIVE

GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers, 2008

CIVIL WAR

Rebel General Robert Ransom is born, 1828

COLD WAR

Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser,1988

CRIME

Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood, 1976

DISASTER

Iranian jet slams into mountain, 2002

GENERAL INTEREST

Congress enacts first fugitive slave law, 1793

Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War, 1865

Last emperor of China abdicates, 1912

Scharansky released,1986

President Clinton acquitted, 1999

HOLLYWOOD

Writers’ strike ends after 100 days, 2008

LITERARY

Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born, 1938

MUSIC

Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time,1924

OLD WEST

Lorne Greene is born,1915

PRESIDENTIAL

Abraham Lincoln is born,1809

SPORTS

Basketball great Bill Russell born, 1934

VIETNAM WAR

Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat, 1972

Release of U.S. POWs begins, 1973

WORLD WAR I

British planes raid Belgian coast, 1915

American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk,1917

WORLD WAR II

Rommel in Africa, 1941