September 8th, 2008

Today in History

1636:
A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

1331:
Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia

1941:
World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.

1934:
Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.

1962:
Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.