December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1993:
NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

1971:
The United Arab Emirates is formed.

1867:
In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

1851:
Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.

1845:
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.