December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1993:
NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

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

1848:
Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.