From Bob Dearborn's Olde Disc Jockey Site.
1812: 202 years ago, it was Illinois' biggest War of 1812 battle at Fort Dearborn (present-day Chicago). Sometimes also referred to as the Fort Dearborn Massacre.
1914: An American ship becomes the first one through the new Panama Canal, going fro the Atlantic to the Pacific.
1916: The first self-propelled tank was used at the Battle of the Somme during World War I. Nicknamed "Big Willie."
1935: Humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post die in a plane crash.
1947: India gains its independence after 200 years as a British colony.
1948: The first network nightly newscast on CBS.
--Cooter
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