Also on this day: The Second Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. Explorer Zebulon Pike sees the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj.
Gen. William T. Sherman begin their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign would end with the capture of Savannah on Dec.
21. At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate meet in air-conditioned chambers for the first time. Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kan., are found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith would be convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”) The flight of Gemini 12, the final.
Read more on foxnews.com