December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1988:
Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.

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.

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.