Also on this day: The last major engagement of the War of 1812 comes to an end as U.S. forces defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans, not having gotten word of the signing of a peace treaty.
President Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points for lasting peace after World War I. The Otis Redding single "(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay" is released on the Volt label almost a month after the singer’s death in a plane crash.Judge John J.
Sirica orders the early release from prison of Watergate figures John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder.
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