September 5th, 2008

Today in History

1986:
Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

1977:
1977 - Hanns-Martin Schleyer, President of the Employers Association, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. Kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand release of Red Army Faction prisoners

1906:
Brandbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.

1877:
Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.

1774:
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.