December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1991:
The first version of QuickTime was released.

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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.