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.

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

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

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