December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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

1962:
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

1930:
Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.