Today In History

In 1863: Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va. He died eight days later.

In 1670: The Hudson Bay Co. was chartered by England’s King Charles II.

In 1890: the Oklahoma Territory was organized.

In 1932: Jack Benny’s first radio show made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.

In 1936: “Peter and the Wolf,” a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow.

In 1974: former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew was disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals, effectively preventing him from practicing law anywhere in the United States.

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