Today in History

1770   Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France.  
1863   At the Battle of Champion's Hill, Union General Ulysess S. Grant repulses the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg.  
1868   President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during Senate impeachment, by one vote, cast by Edmund G. Ross.  
1879   The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England sets up the Afghan state.  
1920   Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome.  
1928   The first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood.  
1943   A specially trained and equipped Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany. 1951   Chinese Communist Forces launch second step, fifth-phase offensive and gain up to 20 miles of territory.  
1960   A Big Four summit in Paris collapses because of the American U-2 spy plane affair.  
1963   After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, ending the last mission of Project Mercury.