September 5th, 2008

Today in History

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

1972:
Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.

1945:
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

1793:
In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to enforce the principles of the French Revolution, initiating the Reign of Terror.

1774:
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.