Benjamin Franklin takes sides Moby-Dick is published Moby-Dick published Lincoln approves Burnside's plan to capture Richmond Franklin Leslie kills Billy "The Kid" Claiborne American classical composer Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York Ottoman Empire declares a holy war Germans bomb Coventry Cary Grant stars in Hitchcock?s Suspicion United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley Marine general killed in Vietnam Apollo 12 lifts off Plane crash devastates Marshall University Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam Walesa released from jail Volcano erupts in Colombia and buries nearby towns Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity Last day for Texas' celebrated drive-in Pig Stands





