October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1985:
U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese says in U.S. News & World Report, "If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect."

1969:
A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1962:
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed.

1865:
The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed a treaty with the U.S. at a camp on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. However, none of the parties to the treaty abided by it.

1863:
Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.