October 7th, 2008

Today in History

1933:
New York Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series.

1923:
Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138.

1840:
Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

1769:
English explorer, Captain Cook, discovers New Zealand.

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.