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1798 A brawl broke out in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswold of Connecticut.

1815 Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols

1933 The first episode of the "Lone Ranger" was broadcast on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.


1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist

1956 Martin Luther King, Jr's home bombed

1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon

1969 The Beatles performed as a group for the last time in public in a 45-minute gig on the roof of their Apple Records headquarters in London during the filming of "Let it Be."

1972 Thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."


2003 Richard Reid, a British citizen and al-Qaida follower, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.