Today in History

Murray Haydon becomes the third person to receive an artificial heart.

China begins a “pedagogical” war against Vietnam. It will last until March.

Art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and van Gogh, valued at $5 million, is stolen from the Municipal Museum in Milan.

President Richard Nixon names Patrick Gray director of the FBI.

Russia and Peru sign their first trade accord.

Michael Jordan, basketball player for the Chicago Bulls.

Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in the Alabama bus boycott.

The United States launches its first weather station in space, Vanguard II.

Britain announces its ability to make hydrogen bombs.

Packard introduces its “250” Chassis Convertible.

Gen. MacArthur’s troops land on Corregidor in the Philippines.

U.S forces land on Eniwetok atoll in the South Pacific.

The first color television is demonstrated at the Dominion Theatre in London.

Thirty-one prisoners escape an Oklahoma prison after murdering a guard.