December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1978:
The Soviet Union signs a 'friendship treaty' with the communist government of Afghanistan.

1974:
The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

1945:
Flight 19, a United States Navy training flight was lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

1766:
In London, James Christie holds his first sale (he later founded Christie's, the world's oldest auction house).

1492:
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).