November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

2003:
Berkeley Breathed begins the comic strip Opus.

1863:
Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.

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

1644:
Areopagitica by John Milton is published.

1499:
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.