Thousands die in massive flood Elizabethan Age begins Articles of Confederation submitted to the states Verdi's first opera opens U.S. establishes Fort Buchanan The Siege of Knoxville begins Suez Canal opens Monty is born Germans make last stab at Ypres The Kingston Trio brings folk music to the top of the U.S. pop charts 1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley The Heidi Bowl SALT I negotiations begin My Lai trial begins A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son Nixon insists that he is not a crook The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, wins the National Book Award "Day One" for DaimlerChrysler on NYSE Washington, D.C., sniper John Muhammad convicted ?The Terminator? becomes ?The Governator? of California





