December 1st, 2008

Today in History

1989:
Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.

1135:
Henry I of England dies of food poisoning from a surfeit of lampreys at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy

2001:
Trans World Airlines flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines

1884:
Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.

1941:
World War II: Mayor of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, and the director of the Office of Civilian Defense, sign an order creating the Civil Air Patrol.