October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1981:
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

1979:
The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C. demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people," drawing 200,000 people.

1971:
1971 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.

1863:
Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.

1582:
Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.