December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

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

1982:
At the University of Utah, Barney Clark, becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

1939:
La Guardia Airport opens for business in New York City.

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