October 13th, 2008

Today in History

1999:
The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

1983:
Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.

54:
Roman Empire emperor Claudius I dies after being poisoned by his wife Agrippina.

1307:
All Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.

1582:
Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.