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December 12th, 2009

Today in History

2000:
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the presidential election of 2000.

1946:
A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.

1901:
First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi

1870:
Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman

1531:
Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City

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