What happened today in history Vol 20

Hello ladies and gents today we are talking about what happened today in history.

1862 Union and Confederate forces clash at the Battle of Williamsburg, part of the Peninsular Campaign.



1916 U.S. Marines invade the Dominican Republic.



1935 American Jesse Owens sets the long jump record



1961 Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.




2000 The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align - Earth's moon is also almost in this alignment - leading to Doomsday predictions of massive natural disasters, although such a 'grand confluence' occurs about once in every century.















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