July 6th, 2008

Today in History

1933:
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4 to 2.

1944:
The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.

1253:
Mindaugas is crowned king of Lithuania.

1917:
World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.

1964:
Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.