October 6th, 2008

Today in History

1981:
Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.

1973:
The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, starting the Yom Kippur War.

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).

1908:
Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1849:
The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.