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December 17th, 2009

Today in History

2003:
', the third and final film in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, opens in theaters.

1981:
U.S. army officer James Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy

1973:
The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.

1967:
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria

1941:
German siege of Sevastopol begins

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