The U.S. Army took control of the Philippine port of Manila during the Spanish-American War. 1898.
Famed racehorse Man o’ War suffered the only defeat of his career. 1919.
Cuban political leader Fidel Castro, who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere, was born. 1926.
The crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the outlaw couple, opened in New York City, and it pioneered a new era of filmmaking, tearing down barriers in the depiction of violence and sexuality. 1967.
The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad opened in Athens, which had hosted the first modern Summer Games in 1896. 2004.
