August 29th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

1944:
Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers.

1930:
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

1526:
Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

1521:
The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.