| On this date in: |
| 1795 |
Poet John Keats was born in London. |
| 1864 |
Nevada became the 36th state. |
| 1926 |
Magician Harry Houdini died of complications from a ruptured appendix. |
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| 1938 |
The day after his “War of the Worlds” broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed “deep regret” but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the show was real. |
| 1968 |
President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.
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| 1984 |
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. |
| 1992 |
It was announced that five American nuns in Liberia had been shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings were blamed on rebels loyal to Charles Taylor. |
| 1999 |
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard. |
| 2005 |
President George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. |
| 2006 |
P.W. Botha, South Africa’s apartheid-era president, died at age 90. |
