October 16th, 2008

Today in History

1984:
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1949:
Nikos Zakhiariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War.

1934:
Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March

1843:
Sir William Rowan Hamilton invents the concept of quaternions.

1775:
Portland, Maine burned by the British