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.

1947:
Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.

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

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

1912:
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long war.