December 7th, 2009

Today in History

2004:
John Kufuor is re-elected as president of Ghana.

2003:
The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

1965:
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054

1815:
Michel Ney, Marshal of France, is executed by firing squad, after been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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