December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

1859:
Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.

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

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

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.