Today in History, May 22, 2008
Created: May 22, 2008 11:00 AM
Today is Thursday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2008. There are 223 days left in the year.In 1908, the Wright Brothers patented their flying machine in the United States.In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a "Pact of Steel" committing the two countries to a military alliance.
@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Thursday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2008. There are 223 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1908, the Wright Brothers patented their flying machine in the United States.
In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a "Pact of Steel" committing the two countries to a military alliance.
In 1968, the nuclear-powered US submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
Thought for Today
"Freedom is the right to do what you ought to do." — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, American religious leader (1895-1979).
