December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1990:
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1971:
The United Arab Emirates is formed.

1962:
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

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