November 27th, 2009

Today in History

1991:
The United Nations Security Council adopts UN Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.

1990:
The British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1983:
A Colombian Boeing 747 crashes near Barajas Airport, in Madrid killing 183

1973:
The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).

1965:
Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells US President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.