Todays History

The last day of the rum ration in the Royal Navy.

The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of California, killing 225 passengers.

Prime Minister of India and President of Sri Lanka sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.

The famous Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.

Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies 2 days later.

Fidel Castro leads an attack on the Moncada Barracks that fails, but begins the Cuban Revolution.

Wikileaks publishes documents about the War in Afghanistan.

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station starts operations.

Three explosive devices explode in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.