October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1999:
1999 - The South Carolina Supreme Court rules that the video poker machines in the state must be unplugged by June 30, 2000.

1987:
18-month-old Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") falls down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas (her nationally televised rescue takes 58 hours).

1966:
The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).

1865:
The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed a treaty with the U.S. at a camp on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. However, none of the parties to the treaty abided by it.

1835:
1835 - John Templeton, John Moore, Stanley Cuthbart and Ellen Ritchie were charged in Wheeling, Virginia with illegally teaching blacks to read.