August 30th, 2008

Today in History

1984:
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

1942:
World War II: Battle of Alam Halfa begins.

1922:
Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")

1918:
Fanya Kaplan, an assassin, shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.

1813:
Creek War: Creek Red Sticks carried out the Fort Mims Massacre.