Thursday, November 24, 2011

Today in History - November 24

On this day in 1835, the Texas Rangers were formed as a mounted police unit by the Texas Provincial Government.

On this day in 1863, forces under General Ulysses S. Grant captured Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

On this day in 1932, the FBI Crime Lab officially opened.

On this day in 1944, 88 American Aircraft carried out the first bombing raid of Japan in the Bombing of Tokyo.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1898, it was reported that many people from Irwin came to church in Chuckery on a recent Sunday.

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