1775: American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
1897: John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon in 2:55:10.
1933: FDR announces the US will leave the gold standard.
1951: General Douglas MacArthur, relieved of his Far East command by President Truman, bid farewell in a Congress address in which he quoted a line from a ballad: "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
1995: A truck bomb at the Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, kills 168 and injures 500.
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Born Today:
Crime fighter Eliot Ness (1903-1957)
Sex symbol Jayne Mansfield (1933 -1967)
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Something to Think About:
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." ~ Brian Tracy
