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LEAD STORY

Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit, 1953

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Tarleton gives "quarter" in South Carolina, 1780

AUTOMOTIVE

Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500, 2005

CIVIL WAR

Union troops reach Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia, 1864

COLD WAR

Reagan arrives in Moscow for summit talks, 1988

CRIME

Woody Harrelson's father is arrested for murder, 1979

DISASTER

Ships crash in heavy fog, 1914

GENERAL INTEREST

Wisconsin enters the Union, 1848

The sinking of theEmpress of Ireland,1914

Bonus Marchers arrive in Washington, 1932

HOLLYWOOD

Bob Hope celebrates 100th birthday, 2003

LITERARY

T.H. White, author of The Once and Future King, is born, 1906

MUSIC

Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps makes its infamous world premiere,1913

OLD WEST

Fremont begins his second western expedition, 1843

PRESIDENTIAL

John F. Kennedy is born, 1917

SPORTS

Supreme Court rules in favor of Major League Baseball, 1922

VIETNAM WAR

United States and USSR issue a joint communique, 1972

WORLD WAR I

Controversial ballet Le Sacre du printemps performed in Paris,1913

WORLD WAR II

Jews in Paris are forced to sew a yellow star on their coats, 1942