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1517: Luther's Ninety-five Theses posted.According to tradition, Martin Luther this day in 1517 posted on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, his Ninety-five Theses, a manifesto that turned a protest about an indulgence scandal into the Protestant Reformation.More events on this dayToday:Although Halloween, celebrated this day, is now observed largely as a secular holiday, it is, as the eve of All Saints' Day, also a religious holiday among some Christians. |
1968:U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered an end to American bombing in North Vietnam. |
1926:Harry Houdini, the magician and escape artist, died of peritonitis stemming from a stomach injury. |
1887:Soldier and statesman Chiang Kai-shek, head of the Nationalist government in China from 1928 to 1949 and subsequently head of the Chinese Nationalist government-in-exile on Taiwan, was born. |
1864:Nevada became the 36th state of the United States. |
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