December 2nd, 2009

Today in History

1990:
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1961:
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

1848:
Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.

1823:
US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (later be called the Monroe Doctrine).