1788 Maryland was one of the first of the United States of America, entering the Union as number seven on this day
1862 American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
1945 Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
1952 Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends.
1970 Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon
1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1994 Former Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
