1/6 The USS Liberty (AGTR-5) receives assistance from units of the Sixth Fleet, after she was attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on June 8 1967. An SH-3 helicopter is near her bow. File Photo courtesy U.S Navy On this date in history: In 1789, James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights, which led to the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Advertisement In 1869, Ives McGaffney of Chicago obtained a patent for a "sweeping machine," the first vacuum cleaner. In 1949, an FBI report identified several Hollywood figures -- including Frederic March, Dalton...