December 7th, 2009

Today in History

1995:
The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

1988:
1988 Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.

1946:
A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people.

1917:
World War I: United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

1776:
Marquis de Lafayette enters the American military as a major general.