December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1977:
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 is hijacked and then blown up in mid-air over the Straits of Johore, killing 100.

1918:
US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles for the World War I peace talks, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

1791:
The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

1783:
At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.

1674:
Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).