blogsters guild: This Day In History

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Lone gunman Thomas Hamilton shoots dead 16 children and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland before turning the gun on himself.

South Moluccan gunmen seize 70 hostages in a Dutch Government building.

Opening of Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris.

Voluntary driving tests are introduced into Britain - becoming compulsory in June.

Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh announces the discovery of the planet Pluto.

The lance ceases to be an official weapon in the British Army.

In South Africa, British commander Lord Roberts captures the capital of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, from the Boers.

First professional striptease at Divan Fayonau Music Hall in Paris.

Assassination of Tsar Alexander II.

Formation of Scottish Football Association.

Astronomer Willaim Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.

Thursday, March 13, 2008