March 13th, 2010

Today in History

1991:
The United States Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

1964:
A young woman, Kitty Genovese is murdered in front of multiple witnesses who all fail to help her, in an incident which shocks the world and prompts investigation into the Bystander effect.

1940:
Winter War ended.

1933:
Great Depression: Banks in the United States begin to re-open after the Presidentially mandated "bank holiday".

874:
The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.