September 5th, 2008

Today in History

2000:
Tuvalu joins the United Nations.

1949:
A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.

1937:
Spanish Civil War: The fall of Llanes.

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

1905:
Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia.