1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 microphones planted in the
American embassy in Moscow.
1935 The National Football League adopts an annual college draft to
begin in 1936.
1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system.
1895 Johns Hopkins born (merchant and philanthropist)
1864 The Union and Confederate armies launch their last attacks against
each other at Spotsylvania, Virginia.
1863 Union General Ulysses S. Grant's first attack on Vicksburg is
repulsed.
1780 Near total darkness descends on New England at noon. No explanation is found.
1588 The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon, Spain.
1568 Defeated by the Protestants, Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England
where Queen Elizabeth imprisons her.
1568 Anne Boleyn is beheaded on Tower Green
715 St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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