On this day :

1947 UN votes for partition of Palestine, 1775 Congress creates Committee of Secret Correspondence, 1996 Last day at VW for Jose Ignacio Lopez, 1864 Sand Creek massacre, 1952 Eisenhower goes to Korea, 2011 Dr Conrad Murray receives fouryear sentence in Michael Jacksons death, 1991 Dust storm causes massive pileup in California, 1929 Byrd flies over South Pole, 1950 Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea, 1963 Johnson establishes Warren Commission, 1981 Actress Natalie Wood drowns, 1943 Sue Miller is born, 1975 Silver Convention earn a 1 pop hit with Fly Robin Fly, 1864 Colorado militia massacre Cheyenne at Sand Creek, 1963 LBJ forms commission to investigate Kennedy assassination, 1997 The legendary Eddie Robinson coaches his last game, 1967 McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense, 1968 Communists vow to smash Phoenix program, 1971 Americal Division stands down and departs, 1918 American nurse Maude Fisher writes to mother of war casualty, 1942 Coffee rationing begins,