December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1942:
Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

1961:
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.

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

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.