October 12th, 2008

Today in History

1681:
A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics"

1773:
America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia

1492:
Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia

1968:
Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain

1792:
First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York