50 Half a century. Two quarter centuries. Five decades. That is all. Also on This Day LEAD STORY Transcontinental railroad completed, 1869 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Second Continental Congress assembles as Ticonderoga falls, 1775 AUTOMOTIVE Government gives Chrysler $1.5 billion loan,1980 CIVIL WAR Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies, 1863 COLD WAR China releases Tiananmen Square prisoners, 1990 CRIME J. Edgar Hoover… Continue Reading