December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1971:
Pakistan launches airstrikes on Indian airfields. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as India retaliates with a massive invasion of East Pakistan.

1967:
The luxury train 20th Century Limited completes its last run from New York City, New York to Chicago, Illinois (the train was inaugurated on June 15, 1902).

1953:
The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and Republic of China is signed in Washington, DC.

1944:
Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.

1904:
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory.