Monday, August 20, 2007

Today in History

1643 - Puritan preacher Anne Hutchinson dies. Now we know why America is so prude.

1920 - The first commercial radio station, 8MK, begins operating.

1940 - Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded in Mexico City. He dies the next day.

1942 - Singer Isaac Hayes is born.

1946 - American news reporter Connie Chung is born.

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