Todays History

Maryland’s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

Charles de Gaulle resigns as the President of France.

28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.

The Geneva Conference convenes in an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea.

The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.

The Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open becoming the first to die during a space mission.

The People’s Liberation Army is established during the Chinese civil war.

The New York World’s Fair opens.

A three-day massacre in Lisbon ends with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.