Today would have been the 95th birthday of Milton Friedman.
It also marks the end of the British army's 38-year Operation Banner in Northern Ireland to quell sectarian violence.
Today in History (1969) - Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story to the civilian public (the abuses already were being investigated by the military). Today is the 70th birthday of Charles Manson, who has been imprisoned since 1971.