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1900-the first major automobille show opened at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the AAA.

1936-Pres Roosevelt won a landslide election victory over Rep challenger Alfred Landon.

1964-Pres Johnson defeated Rep Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.

1986-the iran-contra affair began to come to light as Ash-Shiraaa, a pro syrian Lebanese mag first broke the story.

1994-Susan Smith of Union, SC was arrested for drowning her 2 sons Michael and Alex, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a black carjacker.

1999-Aaron mckinney was convicted of murder in the fatal beating of gay college student Matthew Shepard in WY.

Birthdays

bob feller, baseball hall of famer, 91
for MA gov Michael Dukakis, 76
ken berry, actor, 76
shadoe stevens, actor, 63
lulu, singer, 61
roseanne, 57
kate kapshaw, 56
dennis miller, comic, 56
adam ant, 55
dolph lundren, actor, 52
julie berman, actress, 26

CHART TOPPERS

1974-
you havent done nothing-stevie wonder
you aint seen nothin yet-bacman turner overdrive
jazzman-carole king

1982-
who can it be now-men at work
eye in the sky-alan parsons project
i keep forgettin-michael mcdonald
close enough to perfect-alabama

1990-
ice ice baby-vanilla ice
love takes time-mariah carey
giving you the benefit-pebbles
you lie-reba

2000-
i try-macy gray
incomplete-sisqo
i need to know-marc anthony
music-madonna

yeah a predecessor to Casey Anthony.... although they are running neck in neck... i think Susan has the edge cause it was found out she actually did it... just awful...