Today in History

General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.

Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam.

North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam.

Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany.

Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes.

U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.

Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.

The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.

Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.

A film version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York.

Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies.

The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City.

August Derleth, writer (Still is the Summer Night, The Shield of the Valiant).

Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S.