October 10th, 2008

Today in History

1971:
Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

1964:
The 1964 Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, Japan

1957:
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

1938:
World War II: The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Germany.

1471:
Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.