Today in History

KGB arrests journalist Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on a charge of spying and hold him for 13 days.

Eiffel Tower welcomes its 150 millionth visitor, 33-year-old Parisian Jacqueline Martinez.

Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) forced out of Lebanon after 10 years in Beirut during Lebanese Civil War.

First recorded instance of a comet (Howard-Koomur-Michels) hitting the sun; the energy released is equal to approximately 1 million hydrogen bombs.

Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show.

Cameron Diaz, model, award-winning actress (The Mask, There’s Something About Mary, Any Given Sunday).

US Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as first African-American Supreme Court justice.

Gavin Fisher, mechanical engineer; chief designer of the Williams Formula One racing team (1997–2005).

Hot Line communications link installed between Moscow and Washington, DC.

President John F. Kennedy appoints General Lucius D. Clay as his personal representative in Berlin.

US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, receives posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.

Anna Politkovskaya (Anna Mazepa), New York-born Ukrainian journalist, writer, human rights advocate best known for her reporting from Chechnya.

Jayne Irving, TV broadcaster (Good Morning Britain).