Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid die in Bolivia, Marie Curie wins her second Nobel Prize, FDR wins an unprecedented fourth term, Steve McQueen dies, and Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive, all on this day.
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1862: Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War after George B. McClellan is removed from command by President Abraham Lincoln.