Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas Playwright Thomas Kyd is baptized John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S. John Philip Sousa is born Abraham Lincoln elected president Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama Canadians take Passchendaele Bolsheviks revolt in Russia British victory at Passchendaele Stalin celebrates the Revolution's anniversary U.N. condemns apartheid General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia Dam gives way in Georgia A woman ices her husband with anti-freeze Downey stars in Less Than Zero Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States Art Modell announces Browns are moving to Baltimore President Clinton designates "Automobile National Heritage Area" in Detroit





