December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1970:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

1961:
Cold War: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.

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

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

1805:
French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.