October 7th, 2008

Today in History

1955:
Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga at Brooklyn launched.

1886:
Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.

1763:
George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.

1737:
40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).

1520:
First public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain.