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Today in history

A.D. 79: Long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people died.

1572: The slaughter of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris.

1814: British forces invaded Washington D.C., setting fire to the Capitol and the White House.

1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the United States, traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in just over 19 hours.

1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.

1954: The Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.

1968: France became the world’s fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.

1970: A bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin’s Army Math Research Center in Madison, killing 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht.

1981: Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for slaying rock star John Lennon.

1992: Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing record damage; 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.

2003: The Justice Department reported the U.S. crime rate in 2002 was the lowest since studies began in 1973.