November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

2003:
Berkeley Breathed begins the comic strip Opus.

1979:
In Dublin, Ireland, Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.

1963:
The first episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who debuts on the BBC.

1960:
The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

1903:
Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.