December 6th, 2009

Today in History

1992:
In Ayodhya, India, Hindus belonging to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party demolish the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.

1989:
The École Polytechnique Massacre: a man kills 14 young women in Montreal, Quebec.

1933:
U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene

1917:
Halifax Explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1534:
Spanish found Quito, Ecuador.