October 13th, 2008

Today in History

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

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

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

1843:
In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).

54:
Roman Empire emperor Claudius I dies after being poisoned by his wife Agrippina.