Today In History

1931 - The Empire State Building opens
1960 - American U-2 spy plane shot down in Russia
1967 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla
2003 - President Bush proclaims “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” under a sign that says "Mission Accomplished."
2007 - With 3,351 U.S. military casualties to date, President Bush vetoes the war spending bill that would require U.S. troops to begin coming home from Iraq.