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December 29th, 2009

Today in History

1998:
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s.

1949:
KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

1911:
Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China

1890:
Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

1813:
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

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