December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1990:
At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482.

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

1947:
Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.

1937:
The Dandy, the world's longest running comic, was first published.

1929:
Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover announces to U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economy.