December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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.

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

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