November 18th, 2008

Today in History

2004:
Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.

2001:
The Nintendo GameCube is released in North America

1997:
Gary Glitter is arrested in the United Kingdom on child porn charges.

1978:
Jonestown mass suicide: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple in a mass murder-suicide; 913 die, including 276 children.

1970:
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his third wife, Myra Gail, after 12 years.

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