TODAY IN HISTORY

1788
Almost the entire city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is destroyed by fire.

1806
Lewis and Clark begin their trip home after an 8,000 mile trek of the Mississippi basin
and the Pacific Coast.

1865
The Battle of Bentonville , N.C. ends, marking the last Confederate attempt to stop Union General William Sherman.

1851
Emperor Tu Duc orders that Christian priests are to put to death.

1858
British forces in India lift the siege of Lucknow, ending the Indian Mutiny .

1906
Ohio passes a law that prohibits hazing by fraternities.

1908
Frenchman Henri Farman carries a passenger in a bi-plane for the first time.

1910
The U.S. Senate grants ex-President Teddy Roosevelt an annual pension of $10,000.

1918
The Germans launch the 'Michael' offensive, better remembered as the First Battle of the Somme.

1980
Ronaldinho is born

1967
North Vietnam rejects Johnson overture

1972
Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh World War I

1918
Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front World War II

1943
Another plot to kill Hitler foiled

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