Today in History

The U.S. Senate votes against the nomination of Dr. Henry W. Foster for Surgeon General.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Three civil rights workers disappear in Meridian, Mississippi.

France announces it will withdraw from the NATO fleet in the North Atlantic.

A federal judge allows Little Rock, Arkansas to delay school integration.

Dr. Peter Goldmark demonstrates his “long-playing” record.

Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to American troops.

German General Erwin Rommel captures the port city of Tobruk in North Africa.

Baseball legend Lou Gehrig is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–a disease which wastes muscles.

Judith Raskin, soprano.

Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.

Judy Holliday, actress.

Germans scuttle their own fleet at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

Germany uses poison gas for the first time in warfare in the Argonne Forest.