December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2004:
Brian Williams succeeds Tom Brokaw as host of NBC Nightly News.

1991:
The first version of QuickTime was released.

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

1867:
In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

1845:
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.