September 5th, 2008

Today in History

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

1972:
Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.

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

1666:
Great Fire of London ends: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.

1969:
My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.