November 19th, 2008

Today in History

1942:
Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

1598:
An outnumbered Korean and Ming navy ambush and defeat a Japanese army at the Battle of Noryang Point.

1969:
Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

461:
St. Hilarius becomes Pope.

1967:
The Establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.