Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Today in History

1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II
1974 - NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million
1997 Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.
2006 The death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000.

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