Today in History

The Siege of Khe Sanh ends with the base is still in American hands.

Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.

Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader.

Stanley Elkin, author (George Mills).

Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist.

Phil Silvers, comedian and actor.

Salvador Dali, surrealist painter.

William Grant Still, American composer and conductor.

Mari Sandoz, writer and biographer (Crazy Horse).

Irving Berlin, composer, writer of over 1,500 songs.

“”King” Joseph Oliver, jazz cornetist and bandleader.

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern.

Confederates scuttle the CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia.

Giuseppe Garibaldi lands at Marsala, Sicily.

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.