On this day;
In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore,
died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74.
In 1702, England's Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of
King William III.
In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft,
died in Washington at age 72.
In 1944, two days after an initial strike, U.S. heavy bombers resumed
raiding Berlin during World War II.
In 1983, in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals
convention in Orlando, Fla., President Ronald Reagan referred to the
Soviet Union as an"evil empire."
In 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision in what was
billed as"The Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden in New
York.
Silent film comedian Harold Lloyd died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 77.
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