1933:Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
1934:John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
1937:Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
1975:Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
1990:Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
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