November 20th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
2003 - Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation.

1966:
Cabaret opens at the Imperial Theatre, New York

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.

1940:
World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.

1700:
King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.