October 15th, 2008

Today in History

1981:
Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.

1966:
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.

1946:
Nuremberg Trials: Founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazi war criminal, Hermann Göring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution.

1917:
World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.

1894:
Dreyfus affair begins.