October 15th, 2008

Today in History

1991:
Following a bitter confirmation hearing that involved allegations of sexual misconduct, the United States Senate votes to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States.

1969:
Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the United States.

1932:
Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

1764:
Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1552:
Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny.