October 8th, 2008

Today in History

1990:
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount

1970:
Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."

1918:
In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.

1912:
First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.

1895:
Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, was assassinated.