Today in History

NATO declares an official end to its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia.

President Richard Nixon names General Creighton Abrams as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

Boxing champion Muhammad Ali is convicted of refusing induction into the American armed services.

General William Westmoreland succeeds General Paul Harkins as head of the U.S. forces in Vietnam.

The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a hot line between Washington and Moscow.

The AFL and CIO agree to combine names for a merged group.

Andre Watts, pianist.

The U.S. Army Air Force is established, replacing the Army Air Corps.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the National Front party in France.

Audie Murphy, American soldier during World War II, author and actor.

France announces it will seize the Rhineland to assist Germany in paying her war debts.

Race riots in Chicago, Illinois leave two dead and many wounded.

Josephine Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Jordanstown, Wildwood).