1863: At the Battle of Champion’s Hill, Union General Ulysess S. Grant repulses the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg.
1868: President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during Senate impeachment, by one vote, cast by Edmund G. Ross.
1879: The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England sets up the Afghan state.
1920: Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome.
1928: The first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood.
1943: A specially trained and equipped Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany.
1951: Chinese Communist Forces launch second step, fifth-phase offensive and gain up to 20 miles of territory.
1960: A Big Four summit in Paris collapses because of the American U-2 spy plane affair.
1963: After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, ending the last mission of Project Mercury.
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