December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1979:
Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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

1945:
Flight 19, a United States Navy training flight was lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

1934:
Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Ethiopia (it took four days to capture the city).

1932:
German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa