November 21st, 2008

Today in History

1967:
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."

1962:
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.

1953:
Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the skull of the "Piltdown Man", held to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, was a hoax.

1922:
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator.

1861:
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.