September 6th, 2008

Today in History

2000:
In New York City, the United Nations Millennium Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.

1948:
Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

1870:
Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming, votes in the morning, becoming the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

1863:
American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

394:
Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.