December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

1818:
Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state

1925:
George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F is premiered at Carnegie Hall.

1929:
Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover announces to U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economy.

1944:
Civil war breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between Communists and royalists.

1947:
Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.