August 29th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

1930:
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

1898:
The Goodyear tire company is founded.

1842:
The Tokugawa shogunate orders the local daimy? to begin providing foreign ships with fresh water and supplies when requested. (Traditional Japanese date: July 24, 1842).

1756:
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.