July 21st, 2008

Today in History

2003:
The last Volkswagen old-style Beetle rolls off the assembly line at Puebla, Mexico.

1954:
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

1873:
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American West.

1774:
Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774.

1568:
Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau