November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

1990:
Punk rock band Bad Religion releases their seventh album, Against the Grain in the United States

1971:
The People's Republic of China is given the Taiwan's seat on the United Nations Security Council. (See China and the United Nations)

1955:
The Cocos Islands are transferred from United Kingdom to Australian control.

1869:
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched -- one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.

1644:
Areopagitica by John Milton is published.