Today in History

Mexico devalues the peso by 30 percent to fight an economic slide.

Randolph Hearst is to give $2 million in free food for the poor in order to open talks for his daughter Patty.

The California Supreme Court voids the death penalty.

Three U.S. pilots that were held by the Vietnamese arrive in Washington.

The National Art Gallery in Washington agrees to buy a Da Vinci for a record $5 million.

The United States cuts military aid to five nations in reprisal for having trade relations with Cuba.

Robert F. Kennedy says that U.S. troops will stay in Vietnam until Communism is defeated.

East and West Berlin drop thousands of propaganda leaflets on each other after the end of a month long truce.

U.S. Marines storm ashore at Iwo Jima.

The U.S. Army and Marines invade Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific.

German General Erwin Rommel takes three towns in Tunisia, North Africa.

The Golden Gate Exposition opens in San Francisco.

Rome reports sending troops to Italian Somalia.

Audre Lord, poet.

Manchurian independence is formally declared.