December 12th, 2009

Today in History

1985:
Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division

1969:
Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy.

1950:
Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.

1941:
United States seizes French ship Normandie.

1911:
The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).