July 24th, 2008

Today in History

1998:
Russel Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.

1969:
Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

1965:
Vietnam War: Four F-4C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi are the targets of antiaircraft missiles in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other three sustain damage.

1910:
James MacGillivray publishes first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News.

1814:
War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.