1796 ~ Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
1933 ~ Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
1934 ~ John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
1937 ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
1975 ~ Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
1990 ~ Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
2003 ~ Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
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