LEAD STORY
World's first "test tube baby" born, 1978
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
General Gates takes command of the southern army, 1780
AUTOMOTIVE
Henry Ford writes fan letter to Mahatma Gandhi, 1941
CIVIL WAR
Congress passes Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, 1861
COLD WAR
The Nixon Doctrine is announced, 1969
CRIME
Head of frontier bandit placed on display, 1853
A young man turns the death of his parents into a game, 1988
DISASTER
Concorde jet crashes, 2000
GENERAL INTEREST
The first railroad accident, 1832
Puerto Rico invaded, 1898
Ships collide off Nantucket, 1956
Dylan appears at Newport Folk Fest, 1965
HOLLYWOOD
Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS, 1985
LITERARY
Jack London sails for the Klondike, 1897
MUSIC
Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
OLD WEST
California Rangers kill Joaquin Murrieta, 1853
PRESIDENTIAL
Truman drops hint to Stalin about a terrible new weapon, 1945
SPORTS
Opening of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona, 1992
VIETNAM WAR
Joint Chiefs propose air strikes, 1964
Nixon announces new doctrine, 1969
WORLD WAR I
Mata Hari sentenced to die, 1917
WORLD WAR II
Blue Meanie falls from power, 1943
