August 29th, 2008

Today in History

1996:
A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

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

1943:
German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.

1910:
Japan changes Korea's name to Ch?sen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

1896:
Chop suey is invented in New York City.