TODAY IN HISTORY

Feb. 11, 1937

A six-week sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.

ON THIS DATE

1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Japan.

1968

New York City’s fourth and current Madison Square Garden, opened with a “Salute to the USO” hosted by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. (That night, the New York Rangers played their final game at the third Garden, tying the Detroit Red Wings 3-3.)

2008

The Pentagon charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five others with murder and war crimes in the Sept. 11 attacks.

2012

Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead in a hotel room bathtub in Beverly Hills, Calif.