Today In History

1777: During the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga.

1881: The 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin.

1934: Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York and charged with the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh infant.

1957: United States conducted its first underground nuclear test (in the Nevada desert).

1985: The Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating earthquakes that claimed some 6,000 lives.