From the Archives: 1974 When gun threats foiled a much-anticipated 250-person mass streak, two men decided to take advantage of the warm weather anyway, shedding their clothes and inhibitions for a race around campus.

Today

· 1880 ÷ The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.

· 1993 ÷ Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic.

Tuesday

· 1965 ÷ A white minister from Boston, the Rev. James J. Reeb, died after whites beat him during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala.

· 1993 ÷ Janet Reno was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be the nation's first female attorney general.

Wednesday

· 1912 ÷ Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Guides, which later became the Girl Scouts of America.

· 1930 ÷ Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi began a 200-mile march to protest a British tax on salt.

Thursday

· 1781 ÷ The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

· 1925 ÷ A law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.

Friday

· 1794 ÷ Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

· 1967 ÷ The body of President Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.