November 22nd, 2009

Today in History

1990:
Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1989:
In west Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him.

1974:
The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

1935:
The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean (the airplane later reached its destination, Manila, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of mail).

1922:
Egypt. Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opened the tomb of Tutankhamun, a Pharaoh who lived around 3,000 years ago. Many people belive that Tutankhamun was murdered.