Today In History

1886: New York saloon keeper Steve Brodie claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.

1952: Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I. 1967: Rioting that claimed 43 lives erupted in Detroit.

1984: Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title - because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.