December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

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.

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

1823:
US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (later be called the Monroe Doctrine).