SEE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY........

•  1920 Pope John Paul II born

• American Revolution

• 1783 United Empire Loyalists reach Canada

• Automotive

• 1958 Lotus makes Formula One debut

• Civil War

• 1863 The siege of Vicksburg commences

• Cold War

• 1989 One million protesters take to the streets in Beijing

• Crime

• 1926 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears

• Disaster

• 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts

• General Interest

• 1860 Lincoln nominated for presidency
• 1896 Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson
• 1974 India joins the nuclear club
• 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts
• 2012 Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history

• Hollywood

• 2001 Shrek released

• Literary

• 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe

• Music

• 1980 Ian Curtis of Joy Division commits suicide

• Old West

• 1871 Chief Satanta massacres teamsters

• Presidential

• 1861 Newspaper report criticizes Mrs. Lincoln

• Sports

• 2004 Randy Johnson throws perfect game at 40

• Vietnam War

• 1966 Laird charges
• 1969 Communists attack Xuan Loc

• World War I

• 1917 U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act

• World War II

• 1943 Hitler gives the order for Operation Alaric
• 1944 Polish Corps takes Monte Cassino