December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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

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