This Day in History
1870: Manitoba became a province of Canada.
1932: The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found.
1937: Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949: The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.
1970: Harry A. Blackmun was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.
1970: Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, swatted his 500th home run.
2002: Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba.