Monday, December 15, 2003

History stuff that happened today

Yay for the interweb. Here are things that happenned on my birthday-

    1230 - Ottokar I king of Bohemia, died.
    1890 - Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by Native American police.
    1939 - The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
    1944 - Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane crash over the English Channel.
    1961 - Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.
    1964 - Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple leaf on a white background.
    1966 - Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.
    1997 - Lillian Disney widow of Walt Disney, died.

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