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December 6th, 2009

Today in History

1978:
Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.

1957:
A launchpad explosion thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite (Project Vanguard).

1933:
U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene

1917:
Halifax Explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1877:
First publication of the Washington Post newspaper.

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