Here’s what happened on this day in history:
1783 – Last British soldiers leave New York
1876 – U.S. Army retaliates for the Little Bighorn defeat
1950 – “Storm of the century” hits the eastern U.S.
1952 – “The Mousetrap” opens in London
1960 – Mirabel sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime
1963 – John F. Kennedy buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1970 – Japanese author Yukio Mishima dies by suicide
1986 – Iran-Contra connection revealed
1990 – Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge sinks to the bottom of Lake Washington
1999 – First International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Find out more about these events at https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
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