October 13th, 2008

Today in History

2005:
The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 is scheduled to carry two astronauts for five days in orbit.

1976:
The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle was obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C..

1918:
Talaat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman participation in World War I

1812:
On the Niagara frontier in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock.

1775:
The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).