December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1918:
US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles for the World War I peace talks, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

1867:
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange Movement).

1829:
In the face of fierce opposition, British Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide.

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

1563:
The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).