August 30th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
The 17th Street Canal in New Orleans is breached by Hurricane Katrina, leading to massive flooding and destruction.

1976:
Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.

1942:
World War II: Battle of Alam Halfa begins.

1918:
Fanya Kaplan, an assassin, shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.

1850:
Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city