This Day In History

Courtesy of the History Channel..er, online.

• 1603 Queen Elizabeth I dies
• 1989 Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska
• 1996 Shannon Lucid enters Mir
• 1977 United States and Cuba engage in direct negotiations
• 1998 A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas kills five
• 1980 Nightline debuts
• 1999 NATO bombs Yugoslavia
• 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens
• 1975 North Vietnamese launch "Ho Chi Minh Campaign"