Today in History

The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on the pesticide EDB for grain products.

OPEC decides to set oil prices without consulting buyers.

Soviet Luna 9 achieves soft landing on the moon.

President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba.

Millions greet Queen Elizabeth in Sydney on her first royal trip to Australia.

The month-long Battle of Manila begins.

The United States shells the Japanese homeland for the first time at Kurile Islands.

Finland begins talks with the Soviet Union.

President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission to regulate the airwaves.

The Allies demand that 890 German military leaders stand trial for war crimes.

A German submarine sinks the U.S. liner Housatonic off coast of Sicily. The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.

New U.S. football rules are set: field shortened to 100 yds.; touchdown counts six points instead of five; four downs are allowed instead of three; and the kickoff is moved from midfield to the 40 yd. line.

Simone Weil, philosopher, member of the French resistance in WWII.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that union-sponsored boycotts are illegal, and applies the Sherman Antitrust Act to labor as well as capital.