October 11th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
Bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland. See Myyrmanni bombing.

1999:
The Lord of the Rings movies begin principal photography.

1998:
A Congo Air Lines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 40

1942:
On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.

1865:
Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.