December 19th, 2009

Today in History

1984:
The United Kingdom and People's Republic of China sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which handed Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

1974:
The Altair 8800, the first personal computer, goes on sale

1972:
Apollo 17, the last manned lunar flight, returns to Earth.

1946:
Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi

1945:
Austria becomes a republic for the second time, the first having been founded in 1918 and interrupted by the Austro-fascist dictatorship from 1934 onwards and the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938.