November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

1971:
The People's Republic of China is given the Taiwan's seat on the United Nations Security Council. (See China and the United Nations)

1963:
The first episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who debuts on the BBC.

1955:
The Cocos Islands are transferred from United Kingdom to Australian control.

1890:
King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.

1869:
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched -- one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.