1803:The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
1944:Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he said "I shall return."
1947:The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee opened meetings about alleged Communist infiltration in the Hollywood film industry.
1968:Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.
1973:During the Watergate scandal, Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned and special prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed by President Nixon in what came to be known as the "Saturday Night Massacre."
1973:The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
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