December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1974:
The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

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

1936:
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution.

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

1873:
In Boston, Massachusetts, Warren Avenue Baptist Church sexton Thomas Piper strangles and beats to death his first victim, Bridget Landregan (the press later dubbed the then unknown serial killer "The Boston Belfry Murderer").