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THIS DAY IN HISTORY:  LINKS SITE

1.  The Library of Congress:  Today in History

October 17, 1931:  Al Capone found guilty of tax evasion 

2.  The New York Times:  On This Day 

August 8, 1974:  President Nixon Resigns from Office 

3.  The History Channel:  This Day in History
Sub-topics include this day in automotive, Civil War, Cold War, crime, entertainment, literary, old west, technology, Vietnam War, Wall Street, and World War II history 

EXTRA:  William Norman the Conqueror Defeats English at Battle of Hastings

 The Bayeux Tapestry depicting the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in England in 1066a.d. 

4.  440 International:  Those Were the Days

April 14, 1912:  The Titanic Sinks 

5.  Life Magazine:  This Day in Life 

August 9, 1945:  United States drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

6.  Today in History 

November 2, 1948:  Harry Truman defeats John Dewey for the United States Presidency.  The Chicago Daily Tribune, eager to get an edition out before polls officially closed, guessed incorrectly in a famous journalistic blunder. 

7.   Multnomah County Library Links Page -- with This Day in History Links section (Oregon)


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