In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later. In 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 10-9, with a home run hit by Bill Mazeroski. In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. 13, 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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