September 8th, 2008

Today in History

1974:
Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, fails after a parachute prematurely deploys on his "sky cycle."

1945:
Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

1935:
US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.

1900:
Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

1514:
In one of the biggest battles of the century, Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army.