December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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."

1942:
Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

1852:
Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.

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

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