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During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1781, American forces
began the siege on Yorktown, VA. as the last battle of the war begins.  

    
    
   

Storming of Redoubt #10.

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, depicts the British surrendering to Benjamin Lincoln, flanked by French (left) and American troops.        

The first around-the-world flight was completed by two U.S. Army
planes when they landed in Seattle, WA. on this day in 19244. The
trip took 175 days.

ED DONAHUE

On this day in 1777, the Battle of Saratoga was won by American
soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

It was on this day in 1881. A picture from the Police Gazette,
showing a dying President Garfield being comforted by his
wife.

A 1954 Topps trading card depicting Garfield’s assassination
by Charles Guiteau. He was assassinated after only a few
months in office as the 20th president of the United States.

James Abram Garfield
(November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)

The sitcom was created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that
aired on CBS on this day in 1970 and ran until 1977. The show
received high praise from critics during its run with 29 Primetime
Emmy Awards, including the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding 
Comedy Series three years in a row (1975–1977) and earned
Moore the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 
in a Comedy Series three times (1973, 1974, 1976) and continues
to be honored long after the final episode aired. In 2013, the Writers 
Guild of America ranked The Mary Tyler Moore Show No. 6 in its
list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.

The set within a set of The Marry Tyler Moore Show.

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The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War on
this day in 1862. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or
missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies.

Dead Confederate soldiers from Starke’s Louisiana Brigade, on
the Hagerstown Turnpike, north of the Dunker Church.

Casualties near the Dunker Church.

On this day in 1972, the series "M*A*S*H" premiered on CBS-TV.

The war comedy-drama television series M*A*S*H aired on CBS from 1972
to 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature
film M*A*S*H, which, in turn, was based on Richard Hooker‘s 1968 novel
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The series was produced
with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS. It is one of the highest-
rated shows in American television history.

JOHN BELMONT

On this day in 1964, the U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing
with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.

U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal on this day in 1942, marking the
start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World
War II.

U.S. Marines rest in the field during the Guadalcanal campaign.

On this day in 1947, the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried
a six-man crew (below) 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean,crashed
into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.

On this day in 2007, at the Giants home AT&T Park in San Francisco, Berry Bonds hit a 435 foot (133 m) home run, his 756th, off a pitch
from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-
time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron. Bonds,
was indicted later that year on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying under oath to a federal grand jury looking
into steroid use among pro athletes.   

    
    
    
    
   

Barry Lamar Bonds turned 54 in July.

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The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began on this day in
1861. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.

The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. on this day in 1925. John
T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state law
on teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. The conviction was later
overturned on a legal technicality because the judge had set the
fine instead of the jury.

Photo taken of Clarence Darrow (left) and William Jennings Bryan
(right) during the Scopes Trial in 1925.

John Thomas Scopes.

The Geneva Conference partitioned Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam on this day in 1954.

The Geneva Conference of 1954.

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was a
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize American novelist/short story writer.

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was
popular actor and comedian.

            
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Mork & Mindy sitcom aired on ABC from September
14, 1978 to May 27, 1982.