September 8th, 2008

Today in History

1994:
A Boeing 737 operating USAir Flight 427 carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport. There are no survivors.

1944:
World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.

1943:
World War II: Julius Fucik is executed by Nazis.

1755:
French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George

1636:
A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.