October 13th, 2008

Today in History

1944:
World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia, is liberated by the Red Army

1995:
Microsoft releases Windows 95.

54:
Roman Empire emperor Claudius I dies after being poisoned by his wife Agrippina.

1977:
Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.

1946:
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.