December 1st, 2008

Today in History

1981:
A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing 178.

1975:
The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS.

1964:
Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

1918:
1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.

1822:
Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.