October 13th, 2008

Today in History

1995:
Microsoft releases Windows 95.

1983:
Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.

1977:
Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.

1960:
1960 World Series: Baseballer Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a home run.

1944:
World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia, is liberated by the Red Army