Today in History

Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.

The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas.

Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people.

The Nixon administration discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos.

Australia announces that it will triple the number of troops in Vietnam.

More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam.

Max Conrad circles the globe in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in Piper Aztec.

France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.

Phyllis Mae Daley receives a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II.

Japanese forces attack American troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville. The battle will last five days.

Japanese troops capture Rangoon, Burma.

Martial law is proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests.

John McPhee, writer (Oranges, A Sense of Where You Are).