October 13th, 2008

Today in History

1999:
The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

1983:
Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.

1962:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens on Broadway.

1946:
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

1845:
A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.