December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.

1942:
Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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

1927:
Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.