ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY...
08.27.08 (7:57 am) [edit]
•479 BC: The invasion of Greece by Persian emperor Xerxes is defeated by Pausanias at the Battle of Plataea.
•1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact condemns 'recourse to war for the solution of international controversies'.
•1979: Elizabeth II's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, is killed by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland.
posted by: rajkumarpb (reply)
post date: 08.27.08 (12:56 am)
Lots of controversies there...