16 October 1859
On this date in 1859 - John Brown and 21 armed northern terrorists took 60 hostages and seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Other Years:
1925 - The Texas State School Board prohibited the teaching of evolution.
1954 - Elvis Presley first appeared on the Louisiana Hayride show in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1957 - Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visited Williamsburg, Virginia.
1991 - George Jo Hennard, age 35, killed 23 people then himself & wounded 20 others at a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas.
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