October 6th, 2008

Today in History

1993:
Michael Jordan makes his first retirement from the NBA.

1981:
Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.

1966:
LSD is declared illegal in the United States.

1945:
Baseball: Bill Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).

1582:
Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.