October 6th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá is canonized.

2000:
Slobodan Milo?evi? resigns.

1995:
51 Pegasi, in the constellation of Pegasus, 47.9 light-years away from Earth, was discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.

1976:
Students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom are massacred by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.

1928:
Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.