December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

2000:
The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

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

1962:
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

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.

1848:
Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.