September 5th, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Young Left formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1984:
1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1969:
My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.

1937:
Spanish Civil War: The fall of Llanes.

1877:
Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.