December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1982:
A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that would be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

1953:
The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and Republic of China is signed in Washington, DC.

1944:
Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.

1904:
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory.

1828:
U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States.