Todays History

The last Rolls Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.

Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.