December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
The second module of the International Space Station, Unity, was launched.

1991:
1991 - US airline Pan Am ends operations.

1977:
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 is hijacked and then blown up in mid-air over the Straits of Johore, killing 100.

1676:
Battle of Lund

1674:
Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).