October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1969:
A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1927:
The California Court of Appeals, in upholding a sodomy conviction, rules that corroborative evidence could be circumstantial in nature.

1926:
The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is first published.

1912:
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.

1840:
Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.