December 1st, 2008

Today in History

1987:
NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom.

1973:
Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.

1925:
The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements.

1885:
Although the exact date is unknown, the US Patent Office acknowledges December 1st, 1885 as the first day Dr Pepper was served.

1824:
U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).