November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

1996:
The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola.

1980:
A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.

1955:
The Cocos Islands are transferred from United Kingdom to Australian control.

1943:
The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

1644:
Areopagitica by John Milton is published.