November 23rd, 2008

Today in History

1993:
Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

1985:
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid.

1980:
A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.

1960:
The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

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