August 29th, 2008

Today in History

708:
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

2005:
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing thousands and costing over 100 billion dollars in damage.

1995:
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1991:
Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

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