Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Frankenstein published Confederate constitution adopted President Lincoln shuffles the Union command Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies Great Blizzard of '88 hits East Coast Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama Lawrence Welk is born First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic FDR signs Lend-Lease MacArthur leaves Corregidor MacArthur leaves the Philippines Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko COPS debuts on Fox COPS makes TV debut Lithuania proclaims its independence Paul McCartney knighted Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S.





