December 1st, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Trans World Airlines flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines

1958:
Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois kills 92 children and three nuns.

1925:
The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements.

1913:
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

1835:
Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales