John Walker Lindh, an American who’d fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to two felonies in a deal sparing him life in prison.
2016
Donald Trump chose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, an experienced politician with deep Washington connections, as his running mate.
ARLO AND JANIS: By Jimmy Johnson
Augustus Bacon, D-GA., became the first person elected to the U.S. Senate under the terms of the recently ratified 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for popular election of senators.
The Second Battle of the Marne, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War I.
French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone, which proved instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The Spanish Inquisition was abolished more than 3 1⁄2 centuries after its creation.
Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. Manitoba entered confederation as the fifth Canadian province.
HI AND LOIS: By Brian Walker, Greg Walker and Chance Browne
A 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near Chowchilla, California, by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell.
A visibly gaunt Rock Hudson appeared at a news conference with actress Doris Day.
BEETLE BAILEY: By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker
MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable and the Internet.
Fashion designer Gianni Versace, 50, was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home; suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan, 27, was found dead eight days later, a suicide.
WALLACE THE BRAVE: By Will Henry
Three American astronauts blasted off aboard an Apollo spaceship hours after two Soviet cosmonauts were launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for a mission that included a linkup of the two ships in orbit.
PEANUTS CLASSIC: By Charles M. Schulz
THE BORN LOSER: By Chip Sansom
FRANK & ERNEST: By Bob Thaves
THE GRIZZWELLS: By Bill Schorr
DILBERT: By Scott Adams