October 13th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 is scheduled to carry two astronauts for five days in orbit.

1976:
The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle was obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C..

1962:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens on Broadway.

1775:
The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).

1582:
Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.