December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1972:
Gough Whitlam becomes the first Australian Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years.

1962:
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.