The USS Maine explodes mysteriously in Havana Harbor, the teddy bear is born, President Franklin D. Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt, and Jeffrey Dahmer is found guilty, all on this day.
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1996: Actor McLean Stevenson, best known for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on the TV sitcom "M*A*S*H," dies of a heart attack at the age of 68 in Los Angeles, Calif.