Today in History

North Korea and the US sign an agreement requiring North Korea to halts its nuclear weapons program and agree to international inspections.

The United States sends a ten-ship task force to Grenada.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan resigns over disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policies related to the Palestinians.

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain; presently (2013) First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Supreme Commander, he is heir apparent to the Bahrain kingdom.

The “March on the Pentagon,” protesting American involvement in Vietnam , draws 50,000 protesters.

Bob Dylan records his first album in a single day at a cost of $400.

The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in Manhattan.

Carrie Fisher, actress, author, screenwriter; best known as Prince Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and he bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge; daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.

Patti Davis, actress, author; daughter of former US Pres. Ronald Reagan.

Ronald McNair, astronaut; died when Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch on Jan. 2, 1986.

Eight American and British officers land from a submarine on an Algerian beach to take measure of Vichy French to the Operation Torch landings.

Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

As war heats up with Germany, the British war cabinet holds its first meeting in the underground war room in London.

Carl Brewer, Canadian hockey player; won three Stanley Cups (1962-64) as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.