November 21st, 2008

Today in History

1962:
The Chinese People's Liberation Army declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.

1941:
The radio program King Biscuit Time is broadcast for the first time (it would later become the longest running daily radio broadcast in history and the most famous live blues radio program).

1934:
primarily negative bowling outside leg stump to a field of short-leg fieldsmen.

1922:
Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator.

1789:
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.