Today In History...
In 1642 The Canadian city of Montreal was founded. In 1804 The French Senate proclaimed Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor. In 1860 The Republican Party convention in Chicago, IL nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. In 1910 Halley's Comet moved across the sun as seen from Earth. In 1914 The first ship went through the Panama Canal. In 1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson mysteriously vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, CA; she reappeared a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped. In 1927 Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened in Hollywood, California. In 1933 The Tennessee Valley Authority was created. In 1934 Congress approved a package of anti-crime measures, including the so-called "Lindbergh Act," which calls for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping. In 1944 During World War II, Allied forces occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle that claimed about 20,000 lives. In 1951 The United Nations moved out of its temp