December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

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

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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.

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.

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