December 22nd, 2009

Today in History

2001:
Cc the cat, the first cloned pet, was born.

1997:
Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas were massacred by paramilitary forces.

1989:
1989 - Two Tourist coaches collide on the Pacific Highway north of Kempsey NSW (Kempsey Bus Crash).

1984:
Subway vigilante Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American youths on an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City.

1885:
Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.