TODAY in HISTORY

1951 — U.S. tanks exceed 38º of latitude in Korea

1959 — Dalai Lama fled China &was granted political asylum in India

1965 — U.S. ordered the first combat troops to Vietnam

1968 — LBJ announces he will not seek re-election

1983 — Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people

1986 — 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes