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November 22nd, 2009

Today in History

2003:
2003 - England defeat Australia to win England's first rugby union world cup.

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

1968:
The Beatles release The White Album.

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.

1864:
American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.

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