October 16th, 2008

Today in History

1969:
The "miracle" New York Mets win the World Series.

1912:
Bulgarian pilots Radul Milkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history.

456:
Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire

1964:
People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon

1934:
Chinese Communists under Mao Zedong begin their Long March