December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1854:
Eureka Stockade: More than twenty goldminers at Ballarat, Australia were killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. Claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy.

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

1818:
Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state

1973:
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1912:
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long war.