TODAY IN HISTORY

1780

During the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.

1933

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration were established to provide help for the needy and farmers.

1949

The Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.

1986

The military action-drama film “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise and Kelly Mcgillis and released by Paramount Pictures, had its world premiere in New York.