1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction » 1980 John Lennon shot John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at close range with… read more »

1775

Americans begin siege of Quebec »

1942

Auto-factory architect Albert Kahn dies »

1949

Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan »

1980

John Lennon is murdered »

1881

Theater fire kills hundreds in Vienna »

1542

Mary Queen of Scots born »

1987

Superpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals »

1993

NAFTA signed into law »

1982

Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s Choice »

1894

James Thurber is born »

1980

John Lennon is assassinated in New York City »

1941

Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote against WWII »

1941

Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan »

1940

Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game »

1965

Operation Tiger Hound launched »

1966

North Vietnam rejects Johnson’s prisoner exchange proposal »

1969

Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending »

1914

The Battle of the Falkland Islands »

1941

The United States declares war on Japan »