On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is hanged, drawn, beheaded, and quartered in London.
1541: Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec on his third voyage to North America.
1711: A British attempt to invade Canada by sea fails.
1775: King George III of England refuses the American colonies' offer of peace and declares them in open rebellion.
1821: After 11 years of war, Spain grants Mexican independence as a constitutional monarchy.
1944: German SS engineers begin placing explosive charges around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1961: Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi during bloody Tutsi-Hutu conflict.
1966: Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from the moon.
1990: East and West Germany announce they will unite on Oct 3.
1996: Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.”
