Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2009. There are 73 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
In 1951, President Harry Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany.
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In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.
In 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early attacked Union forces at Cedar Creek, Va.; the Union troops were able to rally and defeat the Confederates.
In 1959, the William Gibson play “The Miracle Worker,” starring Patty Duke as Helen Keller and Anne Bancroft as Helen’s teacher, Annie Sullivan, opened on Broadway.
In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba.
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