September 6th, 2008

Today in History

1991:
The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

1948:
Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

1937:
Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

1888:
a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).

1847:
Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.