It was on this day that Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, were attacked as part of a kidnapping scheme.
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Just before dawn on this day, a Soviet cosmonaut was wandering drunk and stepped in front of a train.
President James K. Polk posed for the oldest surviving photograph of a sitting president.
By seizing the Washington Monument he hoped to capture the world's attention.
The distinctive symbol was a combination of the letters N (for nuclear) and D (for disarmament) from the semaphore alphabet.