1919: Mexican revolutionary Zapata is shot dead by government forces.
1925: "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is first published.
1963: the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher fails to surface off Cape Cod, Mass., in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.1970: Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye says the United States should admit it made a tragic mistake in Vietnam and should propose an immediate and complete cease-fire.
1970: Paul McCartney announces the break-up of the Beatles and says that he doesn’t know “whether the break will be temporary or permanent.”
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Today's Birthdays:
English writer William Hazlitt (1778)
Commodore Matthew Perry (1794)
Ben Hur novelist Lew Wallace 1827
Salvation Army founder William Booth (1829)
Journalist Joseph Pulitzer (1847)
Educator Frances Perkins (1880)
Clare Boothe Luce 1903
Football coach/broadcaster John Madden (1936)
Football player/broadcaster Don Meredith (1938)
Producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (1958)
American musician Brian Setzer (1959)
Activist Afrika Bambaataa (1960)
American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984)
Commodore Matthew Perry (1794)
Ben Hur novelist Lew Wallace 1827
Salvation Army founder William Booth (1829)
Journalist Joseph Pulitzer (1847)
Educator Frances Perkins (1880)
Clare Boothe Luce 1903
Football coach/broadcaster John Madden (1936)
Football player/broadcaster Don Meredith (1938)
Producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (1958)
American musician Brian Setzer (1959)
Activist Afrika Bambaataa (1960)
American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984)
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