August 29th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing thousands and costing over 100 billion dollars in damage.

1958:
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1949:
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

1756:
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.

1261:
Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.