November 20th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
2003 - Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation.

1969:
Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

1945:
Nuremberg Trials begin: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals of World War II start at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.

1700:
King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Tsar Peter the Great at Narva.

1468:
Joanot Martorell's book Tirant lo Blanc is published for the first time.