December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

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

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.

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

1915:
Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.