December 3rd, 2008

Today in History

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

1973:
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1989:
Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between their nations may be coming to an end (some commentators from both nations exaggerated the wording and independently declared the Cold War over).

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

1912:
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long war.