TODAY IN HISTORY

FEBRUARY 27

1973:Members of the American Indian movement begin a 71-day occupation of  Wounded Knee, S.D., where U.S. troops massacred more than 150 Sioux in 1890.

1968: CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite declares the U.S. “mired in stalemate” in Vietnam, marking a turning point in support for the war.

1991: President George H.W. Bush ends combat in Kuwait and announces: “Kuwait is liberated.”