December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

1971:
The United Arab Emirates is formed.

1954:
Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

1845:
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.