December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1952:
The Abbott and Costello Show starring comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, debuts.

1945:
Flight 19, a United States Navy training flight was lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

1936:
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution.

1560:
Francis II of France dies and is succeeded by Charles IX of France.

1492:
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).