September 5th, 2008

Today in History

2002:
The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, United States, which burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²), is finally contained.

1984:
1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1949:
A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.

1939:
World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.

1906:
Brandbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.