November 21st, 2008

Today in History

1986:
Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contras rebels in Nicaragua.

1962:
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.

1934:
primarily negative bowling outside leg stump to a field of short-leg fieldsmen.

1922:
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator.

1861:
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.