December 21st, 2009

Today in History

1979:
The Lancaster House Agreement was signed, effectively ending the white rule in Rhodesia under Ian Smith.

1958:
Charles de Gaulle is elected as the first President and establishes the Fifth Republic

1923:
Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent state

1872:
HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4 year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography

1861:
Lord Lyons, the British minister to the United States, meets with United States Secretary of State William Seward concerning Confederate envoys arrested by the United States Navy in order to prevent war between the United States and the United Kingdom.