December 4th, 2008

Today in History

1982:
The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

1921:
The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against actor and film director Roscoe Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.

1918:
US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles for the World War I peace talks, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

1791:
The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

1676:
Battle of Lund