December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.

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

1851:
Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.

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.

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