December 22nd, 2009

Today in History

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).

1963:
Cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.

1864:
Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman

1809:
The Non-Intercourse Act, lifting the Embargo Act except for the United Kingdom and France, passes the U.S. Congress.