TODAY IN HISTORY [18/09/2012]

Lead Story

Capitol cornerstone is laid, 1793

American Revolution

Washington reports to Congress on Battle of Harlem Heights, 1776

Automotive

Canada mall sets parking-lot record, 1981

Civil War

McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam, 1862

Cold War

Castro arrives in New York, 1960

Crime

A serial killer is executed, 1959

Disaster

Accidental poisoning in Brazil, 1987

General Interest

Anne Hutchinson arrives in the New World, 1634

Hammarskjold dies in plane crash, 1961

Patty Hearst captured, 1975

Hollywood

Doris Day wins lawsuit, 1974

Literary

Aldous Huxley is hired at Eton, 1917

Music

Bobby Vee earns a #1 hit with "Take Good Care Of My Baby", 1961

Old West

The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to California for food, 1846

Presidential

Carter files report on UFO sighting, 1973

Sports

Clemens strikes out 20, again, 1996

Vietnam War

North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration, 1964

"March Against Death" to be held in Washington, 1969

World War I

Battle of Epehy , 1918

World War II

MacArthur in Tokyo, 1945