September 8th, 2008

Today in History

2004:
The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

1966:
1966 - The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.

1945:
Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

1943:
World War II: Julius Fucik is executed by Nazis.

1900:
Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.