A jury in Manassas, Va., acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her. Speaker Newt Gingrich was fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct. Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba. The grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez traveled to the United States to plead for the boy's return to Cuba. Current Birthdays Jack Nicklaus turns 61 years old today.
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