In 1839, the first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
In 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.
In 1896, Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan for the presidency.
In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan.
In 1936, President Roosevelt won a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred M. "Alf” Landon.
In 1964, President Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.
In 1970, Salvador Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile.
In 1979, five radicals were killed when gunfire erupted during an anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Greensboro, N.C., after a caravan of Klansmen and neo-Nazis had driven into the area.
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Five years ago: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met with his Russian counterpart in Moscow to discuss nuclear arsenal cuts, American plans for a missile defense system, and U.S.-Russian cooperation in the campaign against terror. The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees 15-2 to tie the World Series at three games apiece.
One year ago: Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. The European Union said it would investigate reports the CIA had set up secret jails in Eastern Europe to interrogate terror suspects. Merck & Co. won its first court battle over its Vioxx painkiller when a New Jersey state jury found the drug maker had properly warned consumers about the risks of the medication.
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