October 7th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
Maher Arar is deported by the US government to Syria, where he is tortured and held without charge for a year before being returned home to Canada.

1951:
David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government.

1929:
Ramsay MacDonald is the first British premier to address the U.S. Congress.

1776:
Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

1637:
Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda.