December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1992:
President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia.

1991:
1991 - US airline Pan Am ends operations.

1942:
Holocaust: In Warsaw, two Christian women, Zofia Kossak and Wanda Filipowicz risk their lives by setting up the Council for the Assistance of the Jews.

1875:
Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.

1791:
The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.