Today in History

Four Los Angeles police are charged in the beating of Rodney King.

The U.S. mint halts the practice of buying and selling gold.

President Lyndon Johnson names Ellsworth Bunker as the new ambassador to Saigon. Bunker replaces Lodge.

Gamal Abdel Nasser is re-elected Egyptian President.

Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament.

The first performance of My Fair Lady, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, takes place on Broadway.

The U.S. Air Force unveils the first self-guided missile.

French General de Lattre demands that Paris send him more troops for the fight in Indochina.

Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ends.

Cassino, Italy is destroyed by Allied bombing.

Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia.

Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin newspapers.

Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player.