August 29th, 2008

Today in History

1997:
Serial killer Ángel Maturino Reséndiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky, USA, the first of nine victims.

1958:
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1842:
The Tokugawa shogunate orders the local daimy? to begin providing foreign ships with fresh water and supplies when requested. (Traditional Japanese date: July 24, 1842).

1541:
The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

1484:
Pope Innocent VIII, a staunch supporter of the Spanish Inquisition, is elected Pope.