On this day :

1945 Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle, 1776 Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders, 1970 Last segment of the Dan Ryan Expressway opens in Chicago, 1839 George Custer born, 1978 USSR and Afghanistan sign friendship treaty, 1873 The Boston Belfry Murderer kills his first victim, 1876 Hundreds die in Brooklyn theater fire, 1933 Prohibition ends, 1984 Eddie Murphy stars in Beverly Hills Cop, 1941 Steinbecks Sea of Cortez is published, 2000 O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack released, 1871 Rodeo star Bill Pickett born in Texas, 1782 Van Buren is born, 2002 Roone Arledge dies, 1964 Army Captain awarded first Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam, 1970 North Vietnam announces it will not be intimidated by US bombing, 1915 Siege of Britishoccupied Kut Mesopotamia begins, 1941 American carrier Lexington heads to Midway,