Today in History

In Warsaw, police rout 1,000 Solidarity supporters.

Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

Apollo 13–originally scheduled to land on the moon–lands back safely on Earth after an accident.

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Jerrie Mock becomes first woman to fly solo around the world.

Some 1,400 Cuban exiles attack the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.

Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.

The last French troops leave Syria.

Baseball player Babe Ruth and Claire Hodgson, a former member of the Ziegfeld Follies, get married.

Cynthia Ozick, writer (The Cannibal Galaxy, The Messiah of Stockholm).

Harry Reasoner, American broadcast journalist.

Thornton Wilder, novelist and playwright (Our Town).

China and Japan sign peace treaty of Shimonoseki.

Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet premier (1958-64).

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Danish writer (Out of Africa).