Today In History
9/12
AP Highlight in History: On Sept. 12, 2001, President George W. Bush labeled the previous day's terrorist attacks "acts of war" and asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover. |
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1918-U.S. forces led by Gen. John J. Pershing launched an attack on the German-occupied St. Mihiel salient north of Verdun, France, during World War I.
1938-In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.
1943-German paratroopers rescued former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held prisoner by his own government.
1944-U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II, near Trier.
1986-Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped; he was released in December 1991.
2002-President George W. Bush told skeptical world leaders at the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, or to stand aside as the United States acted.
2003-The U.N. Security Council ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya.
2006-Syrian guards foiled an attempt by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Damascus.
2006-In a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world. (The pontiff later said he regretted that Muslims were offended.)
1938-In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.
1943-German paratroopers rescued former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held prisoner by his own government.
1944-U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II, near Trier.
1986-Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped; he was released in December 1991.
2002-President George W. Bush told skeptical world leaders at the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, or to stand aside as the United States acted.
2003-The U.N. Security Council ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya.
2006-Syrian guards foiled an attempt by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Damascus.
2006-In a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world. (The pontiff later said he regretted that Muslims were offended.)
Yeah. The murderers are offended. Fuck 'em.
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