Topic: James Garfield

Midnight Bisou wins Cotillion on stewards' call; McKinzie returns in Pennsylvania Derby; this year's and last year's Japanese Derby winners win again.

Kentucky Downs takes center stage in weekend racing in the US as Enable and Harry Angel both make comeback races in England; much more racing action around the globe.

Diversify wins the Whitney, 2-year-old action heats up, and much more Thoroughbred racing action from around the globe.

On July 2, 1943, Lt. Charles Hall became the first African-American pilot to shoot down a Nazi plane in World War II.

The Kentucky Derby and Oaks highlight a massive weekend of top-level racing at Churchill Downs, plus much more thoroughbred racing action.

On Sept. 19, 1988, Greg Louganis took the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the Seoul Olympics after hitting his head on the diving board.

On July 2, 1937, U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan were reported lost over the Pacific Ocean. They were never found.

On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan were reported lost over the Pacific Ocean.

On Sept. 19, 1881, U.S. President James Garfield, 49, who had been shot in July by a disgruntled office-seeker, died of his wounds.

Lefties are celebrating for the 22nd annual International Left-handers Day on Aug. 13, an event meant to celebrate their unique way of handling life.

Mid-1800s Ohio Gov. William Allen's bust will be replaced in the Capitol Building's Statuary Hall by one depicting inventor Thomas Edison, state leaders said.

Officials at Ohio's Hiram College said a statue of President James Garfield was decapitated only hours after its dedication ceremony.

Washington's Martin Luther King parade was moved from January to April in hopes that the weather would be better, but it wasn't.

Veteran U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has announced his intention to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.

A Washington exhibit on the killing of U.S. President James Garfield opened 125 years after he was shot and is due to close 125 years after his death.