December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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.

1930:
Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

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.