Today in History

CRIME
Killer couple strikes
the heartland, 1958
DISASTER
Challenger explodes
after liftoff , 1986
GENERAL INTEREST
U.S. ends search for
Pancho Villa , 1917
Afrikaner police admit
to killing Stephen
Biko, 1997
HOLLYWOOD
Clint Eastwood
honored by Directors
Guild of America,
2006
LITERARY
Colette is born , 1873
MUSIC
American recording
artists gather to
record "We Are the
World" , 1985
OLD WEST
First train crosses the
Panamanian isthmus,
1855
PRESIDENTIAL
Wilson nominates
Brandeis to the
Supreme Court , 1916
SPORTS
Vince Lombardi hired
as Packers coach,
1959
VIETNAM WAR
Cease-fire goes into
effect, 1973
Ford asks for
additional aid , 1975
WORLD WAR I
Germans sink
American merchant
ship, 1915
WORLD WAR II
Burma Road is
reopened , 1945