Apr 10, 2006 11:41
facts:
363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring to his own death.
1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War five years later.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections.
births:
1133 - King Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1886 - Dong Biwu, founder of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
deaths:
1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)