Today in History

President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.

Nixon airs the eight-point peace plan for Vietnam, asking for POW release in return for withdrawal.

American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.

Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.

Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.

The U.S. Eighth Army in Korea launches Operation Thunderbolt, a counter attack to push the Chinese Army north of the Han River.

Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes.

The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.

Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines.

New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.

Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.

The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies.

Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals.

Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.

Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.

Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando).

The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.

Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay’s Rebellion.

Robert Burns, Scottish poet (“Auld Lang Syne,” “Comin’ Thru the Rye.”)

Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.