November 20th, 2008

Today in History

1962:
Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, US President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

1272:
Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.

1999:
The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

1969:
Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

1789:
New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.