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Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand. | Wednesday, March 7th, 1827 |
In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. | Sunday, October 30th, 1831 |
Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia. | Saturday, November 5th, 1831 |
Vietnam War: United States destroyers USS Maddox and USS C. Turner Joy report coming attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. The destroyers open fire at what they believed were Vietnam People s Army torpedo boats, although subsequent work has raised doubts the targets were real. This engagement became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. | Tuesday, August 4th, 1964 |
U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations. | Thursday, September 18th, 1997 |