December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

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

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.

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

1755:
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.