November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

1990:
Punk rock band Bad Religion releases their seventh album, Against the Grain in the United States

1984:
Boston College Quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 45-41. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history.

1903:
Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.

1890:
King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.

1876:
Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.