| On this date in: |
| 1890 |
Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a clash with Indian police. |
| 1916 |
The French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun. |
| 1938 |
Ground was broken for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
| 1939 |
The movie “Gone With the Wind” had its world premiere in Atlanta. |
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| 1944 |
Bandleader Glenn Miller’s U.S. Army plane disappeared over the English Channel. |
| 1961 |
Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court. |
| 1966 |
Movie producer Walt Disney died at age 65. |
| 1989 |
A popular uprising that led to the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu began in Romania. |
| 2003 |
The late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s family acknowledged Essie Mae Washington-Williams’ claim that she was Thurmond’s illegitimate mixed-race daughter. |
| 2004 |
American telecommunications giants Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced they would merge in a $35 billion deal. |
| 2005 |
Millions of Iraqis turned out to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election. |
| 2009 |
The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage. |
| 2010 |
The U.N. Security Council gave a unanimous vote of confidence to the government of Iraq by lifting 19-year-old sanctions on weapons and civilian nuclear power. |
