This Week in History

This Week in History…

1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

1604 – William Shakespeare’s Othello premieres for the first time.

1765 – British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies

1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba takes place, known as the last successful cavalry charge in history.

1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G Wells’s “War of the Worlds,” causing people to panic and think it was a real newscast.

1970 – Vietnam War: United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years, 24.

2003 – Green River Killer, Gary Ridgeway, pleads guilty to 48 counts of murder.
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This Week in Sports History…

1946 – New York Knicks play against the Toronto Huskies in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks win 68-66.

1974 – “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.