Today in History

Britain experiences its most costly tornado to date, causing 40 million Sterling Pounds of damage to Birmingham in just four minutes. There were no fatalities.

Discovery of remains of a prehistoric man near Kennewick, Washington, casts doubts on accepted beliefs of when, how and where the Americas were populated.

A fire at an electrical substation causes a blackout in Chicago. Some 40,000 people were without power for up to three days.

Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for the first time in 21 years.

President Lyndon Johnson sends an additional 50,000 troops to South Vietnam.

A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 13 people.

Bill Bradley, basketball player, U.S. senator.

A Japanese army lands on the coast of Cochin, China (modern day Vietnam).

The Bonus Army of impoverished World War I veterans is violently pushed out of Washington, D.C.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, wife of President John F. Kennedy.

Baruch Blumberg, physician, medical researcher.

Pancho Villa surrenders to the Mexican government.

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.