Today in History

US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Bank in the central bank’s 100-year history.

Former Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.

In one of the closest Presidential elections in U.S. history, George W. Bush was finally declared the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 Presidential elections more than five weeks after the election due to the disputed Florida ballots.

Astronomers report sighting a new galaxy 12 billion light years away.

Over 16,000 U.S. and 14,000 Vietnamese troops start their biggest attack on the Iron Triangle, northwest of Saigon.

Moscow announces a reduction in its armed forces by 300,000.

Nancy Lopez, pro golfer; won LPGA Championship (1978, 1985) and Mazda LPGA Championship (1989).

Syd Barrett, musician, singer, songwriter; founding member of the band Pink Floyd.

Boeing B-29 bombers in the Pacific strike new blows on Tokyo and Nanking.

Bonnie Franklin, actress (One Day at a Time TV series).

President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to support the Lend-lease Bill to help supply the Allies.

Lou Holtz, college football coach; television sports commentator.

Queen Margarita of Bulgaria (Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela).