November 30th, 2009

Today in History

1988:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion.

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

1960:
Production of the De Soto automobile brand ceases.

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

1786:
Grand Duke Leopold II von Hausburg of Tuscany promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty.