November 30th, 2009

Today in History

1979:
Rock band Pink Floyd release the mega-selling rock opera The Wall.

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

1936:
In London, the Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 Great Exhibition, is destroyed in a fire.

1902:
Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1803:
At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqués de Casa Calvo, officially transfer Louisiana Territory to French representative Prefect Pierre Clément de Laussat. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.