December 1st, 2009

Today in History

1990:
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.

1987:
NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom.

1975:
The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS.

1971:
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

1925:
The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements.