Lead Story - Paul McCartney knighted, 1997
American Revolution - Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1779
Automotive - Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S., 2009
Civil War - Lincoln shuffles the Union command, 1862
Cold War - Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko, 1985
Crime - COPS makes TV debut, 1989
Disaster - Great Blizzard of ?88 hits East Coast, 1888
General Interest - Confederate constitution adopted, 1861
FDR signs Lend-Lease, 1941
Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid, 2004
Hollywood - COPS debuts on Fox, 1989
Literary - Frankenstein published, 1818
Music - Lawrence Welk is born, 1903
Old West - Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies, 1884
Presidential - Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction, 1947
Sports - Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama, 1901
Vietnam War - Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City, 1967
World War I - First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic, 1918
World War II - MacArthur leaves the Philippines, 1942