Today in History

Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.

A thousand U.S. planes bomb Cambodia and Laos.

The Battle of Saigon, begun on the day of the Tet Offensive, ends.

U.N. forces in Korea under General Matthew Ridgeway launch Operation Ripper, an offensive to straighten out the U.N. front lines against the Chinese.

Japanese troops land on New Guinea.

Hitler sends German troops into the Rhineland, violating the Locarno Pact.

Malcolm Campbell sets an auto speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.

The film King Kong premieres in New York City.

A Texas law that bans Negroes from voting is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

The Soviet Red Army occupies Outer Mongolia.

Finland signs an alliance treaty with Germany.

French aviator, Heri Seimet flies non-stop from London to Paris in three hours.

Anna Magnani, Italian actress.

Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian poet.