December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

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."

1867:
In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.