December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1976:
Patrick Hillery becomes the sixth President of Ireland.

1990:
At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482.

1937:
The Dandy, the world's longest running comic, was first published.

1818:
Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state

1982:
A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that would be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.