December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1936:
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution.

1952:
The Abbott and Costello Show starring comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, debuts.

1958:
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by the Queen when she dials a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provost. http://www.bt.com/archives/history/19461959.htm#1958

1484:
Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and leads to the deaths hundreds of thousands of people accused of being witches

1926:
Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts