November 30th, 2009

Today in History

1988:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion.

1967:
The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1962:
The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.

1872:
First-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland.

1804:
The Jeffersonian Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.