Today In History

Wed., May 20, 1998

In 1506: Christopher Columbus died in poverty in Spain.

In 1902: The United States ended its occupation of Cuba.

In 1927: Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

In 1932: Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

In 1961: A white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala., prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order.

In 1969: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain, known to Americans as Hamburger Hill, following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

In 1991: The American Red Cross announced measures to screen blood more carefully for the AIDS virus.

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