December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1859:
Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.

1990:
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.

1939:
La Guardia Airport opens for business in New York City.

1804:
At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned as the first Emperor of France in a thousand years.