December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2005:
Microsoft releases its Xbox 360 video game console in Europe.

2004:
Brian Williams succeeds Tom Brokaw as host of NBC Nightly News.

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

1999:
The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to a the Northern Ireland Executive.

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.

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