September 7th, 2008

Today in History

1971:
The last new episode of The Beverly Hillbillies is aired (the first episode debuted on September 26, 1962).

1901:
The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

1860:
Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.

1821:
The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

1818:
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.